Re: Where is Oracle’s Grid ?

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:24:16 -0800
Message-ID: <1071789765.63999@yasure>

Comments in-line.

Joel Garry wrote:

> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1071650922.853887_at_yasure>...
>

>>We're trying. What do you expect from gigabytes of software? Absolute 
>>perfection?

>
>
> I expect iterative improvements, regression testing and QC before
> release. Can't say as that is always what I am seeing. Some is a lot
> better than in the past, but I still have moments of "Did anyone just
> sit down and try to do this?"

So do I. And most recently when co-teaching a RAC class. It was, to be perfectly honest about it, absolutely obvious that the amount of QA performed on the installation routine was ZERO!

It all worked fine after configuration. But it was glaringly obvious that no one had ever actually installed the product before the CD was shipped.

> They seem to put that trying stuff in metalink notes, way too late.
> Or in some cases, like the 'My Company' demo for 9iAS, they post it
> when the _next_ release is production. Can't help but think there is
> financial motivation for that (ie, don't give away training you can
> charge for).
>
> jg
> --

Financial in that they aren't investing the time and money required to do it correctly. I think I know what is going wrong but I'm not in a position to know for sure. But I think lazyiness may be far more responsible than any malicious financial motive. What I saw this last weekend could have been cured for $500-1000 USD. So I'm far more inclined to think the motive was not financial.

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