Re: create table statements in a given directory

In our last gripping episode David Fetter <shackle_at_fetter.org> wrote:
>
> >> > Yes.It is on Windows NT.
 

> >> Step 1. Mount the CD on a UNIX (or Linux) box. The former NT box
> >> with its drive wiped and UNIX installed instead would be an ideal
> >> candidate.
 

> > What a novel idea... completely gut a production system running on
> > NT (probably the O/S of choice for the enterprise) and rebuild it
> > with UNIX. Apparently it wouldn't matter that no one may know UNIX
> > -- just do it anyway. Not the most responsible of suggestions.
>
> It's more responsible than suggesting that they continue on with NT.
> There is no good reason to run a production *anything* on NT when
> there are alternatives available.
>
> >> Step 2. Do the usual UNIX stuff.
 

> > From above, there may be no one who knows UNIX at that site, making
> > the 'upgrade' fairly worthless for the time being.
>
> I guess that means they need to cut some job req's and/or train some
> people. The chances are pretty good that they'll need fewer people
> with UNIX in the house than NT because NT requires so damned much
> maintenance.
>
> > I am not disparaging UNIX -- I cut my teeth on UNIX and most systems
> > I've worked on have been various and sundry ports of the O/S,
> > however there are reasons, unbeknownst to you, why a company chooses
> > NT over UNIX.
>
> Not good ones. I've heard every reason in the book and they all
> amount to "I'm lazy and/or cheap."
>
> > One shouldn't advocate trashing a system simply because the
> > operating system isn't what one would like.
>
> I'm not advocating trashing anything. What I suggested would
> contribute immensely to uptime and let a lot of people sleep better at
> night.
>
> Cheers,
> D
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>
> All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age
> of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.
> Adam Smith,
> An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
>

Had you posted in this manner to begin with your response wouldn't have generated my earlier response. As it was it appeared flippant at best, arrogant at worst. I don't disagree with your "assessments" however there are times one cannot act upon what one feels is a poor judgement call. This may be one of those times. Please try to keep that in mind next time you want to tell someone to trash their NT system.

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David Fitzjarrell
Oracle Certified DBA


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