Re: James Morle "New Rules of Deployment" White Paper

From: Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au>
Date: 6 Nov 2002 16:07:37 -0800
Message-ID: <dd5cc559.0211061607.428f4acb@posting.google.com>

Pete Sharman <peter.sharman_at_oracle.com> wrote in message news:<aqbj5h01spm_at_drn.newsguy.com>...
>
> You want service inefficiency? Try the Commonwealth Bank. My father-in-law
> deposited a US check (they don't have cheques over here) on August 21, cleared
> the bank here on August 28 and they STILL haven't made the funds available to
> me! And, of course, they're not going to pay me interest on the tow month loan
> I've just given them. :(

Ah yeah. But according to their CEO and local IT "God", David Murray, we should all be immensely glad we have such efficient banking services in this country...

>
> Their system must run on SQL Server.

Worse. They use DB2...

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au.nospam Received on Wed Nov 06 2002 - 18:07:37 CST