RE: RE: MetaSlop - Yet More Bleating and Moaning

[Mohan, Ross]

Title: RE: RE: MetaSlop

The more I think about this, the more it rankles and amuses me....I mean,

lookit.....not that this announcement of theirs was to "the list" per se, but

this list is not an entirely unrepresentative mixture of Oracle DBAs out there...

 

And so, if you took someone who really new internals like Adams or Lewis or Gaja

and someone who understood "big" databases like Ian at Stanford and all the other

high quality folks here on the list, doncha think *that* team could turn MetaStink

around?  You bet it could. Without all the bullshit and "million dollar" offers and posturing

in Armani suits.  And I am supposed to truly believe that "Our Global IT team are working these
performance issues as their number one priority." ?  Oh yea, right. Pass the crack pipe, I
want some more time to think about that one.

 

Instead, we get month after month of sh*tty content, erratic service, and the spice

in the gash is these ridiculous little "marketing messages" written by 21 year olds

out in Redwood Shores.

 

Amazing. And I *like* oracle. I can imagine what this is doing to the businesses out

there "on the edge" of product acceptance.

 

 

Oracle 9i, of course, will fix all this.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Kostyszyn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:51 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: RE: MetaSlop

I think they would have given some more information but then they would have to admit that it is actually a microsoft Sql server runnin on a macintosh.  Their duhvelopers really liked the graphics that a mac provided and the ease of use microsoft provided.  So now they are going to upgrade it to 16 MEGS of powerhouse RAM.  Oh that bad boy will fly, I mean, they're Oracle, they can't give away all of their secrets. 

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mohan, Ross
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:36 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: RE: MetaSlop

You know, for an announcement to a bunch
of serious hardcore tech people, it was
sure SHORT ON DETAILS.

"front end web servers"...

"additional hardware...."

uh huh
sure
fine
whatever.....

The courtesy of a message with some real meat would be
nice, instead of this McDonalds' Advisory "The fry-o-lators
are being fixed and should be ready soon now. Please try our
new apple pies!"

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:22 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Re:RE: MetaSlop

For those interested, right from the horses mouth, or other orifice as you
desire:

News & Notes
                                          MetaLink Performance - An Update

  We apologize for the slow response times recently on MetaLink. All over the
world our customers are coming to and using this valuable
  knowledge base in staggering numbers. Our Global IT team are working these
performance issues as their number one priority.

  What is Being Done
  This week four new front-end web servers were brought on line to help manage
the load. Additional hardware has been purchased and will
  arrive soon which will make a significant improvement in performance.

  We appreciate your patience during this time of significant growth in MetaLink
usage.

  Thanks,
  The MetaLink Team

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