Re: Beware! the days of Oracle may be numbered

In article <36EB43EC.7C707F60_at_Feist.Com>,   KeyStrk_at_Feist.Com wrote:
> No, I do not have any interest in MS. I hold no MS stock, nor (as it has been
> suggested) am I shorting Oracle stock. Nor do I work for MS.
>
> I am just being more fair to those who advocate Oracle than those who advocate
> Oracle were to me. When Oracle came along and displaced me from my position,

Gee, thanks!

> no one told me that was the way things went in the DBMS world.

You'll probably find that surprising, but a vast majority of us have minds of our own and we do read computer magazines. Allow us the benefit of doubt and to draw our own conclusions.

>
> But now I can rest assured that I have done my best to give fair warning to my
> competition, and I can go on and dive into learning MS SQl server 7 without
> guilt that I am doing to those who did to me.
>
> In fairness, have done what is honest and given disclosure of my intentions to
> my competition. I will now be able watch former Oracle DBAs come into the
shop,
> having to learn MS SQL server 7 and play catch-up with a clear conscience.

May the force be with you. Live long and prosper.

>
> Mladen Gogala wrote:
> >
> > This is a typical fearmongering Microsoft propaganda! When they couldn't
> > have spread the good word about their database by using technical
comparison,
> > they are now trying to scare people into buying SQL7.
>
> As I have indicated in earlier posts - it isn't who has the better product.
>
> > Wording and literary style of the above message are very similar to this,
> > and I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that the message itself is a
product
> > of some Microsoft related kitchen. My message is: get a better writer, Mr.
G.
>

Mladen Gogala

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