Re: Charades [Was: RE: Define "flatten database" ?]

Dan wrote:
> Dan: "I happen to know that you were *once* an Oracle certif­ication
> instructor for a technical extension program that was sponso­red by
> the University of Washington. But those types of instructors wo­uld
> never insinuate that they teach theory or computer science at the
> undergraduate or granduate level, would they? Geez, that wo­uld be
> bordering on unethical."
>
> Ok. Erratum: Change the wording "certification" to "extension program
> certificate".
>
> http://www.extension.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_gen.asp
> Thanks,
>
> - Dan

I happen to know that I never taught Oracle Certification. What I taught was a class that led to a University of Washington certificate that had nothing to do with Oracle and its certs. And the difference is far from superficial. One is a canned program consisting of PowerPoint slides manufactured by Oracle Corp. and taught at every community college and training company around. The other a curriculum that I custom developed for the university approved by the Computer Science faculty and only taught to grad students ... to qualify for my class requires a BA or BS.

If you have a point ... make it. Right now all I see is someone trying to score points in a vacuum. The fact is I have 36 years in this industry and know what denormalization is. And further the mistake was yours in not properly reading the thread and realizing that I had posted the correct answer. So get off your treadmill and just acknowledge that you made a very small mistake. End of thread as I'll not respond to this nonsense again.

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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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