Jacques, Naw, guilty as charged! Dick Goulet ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Author: Jacques Kilchoer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 3/19/2001 11:01 AM > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Netrusov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Yes, you are absolutely right, nobody is having interest in > selling quality products. > Money is coming from the support of the product, not from the > selling of the product itself. If the product is well-written, then > it'll be no big deal with maintenance, hence no money from > contractors who support and "customize" the application ( > read: fix the > numerous bugs on fly and try to make the whole $hit work ). > The more complicated the product, the more money is paid for it's > maintenance. The more money is paid, the more people are is > interested in working with it. The only problem is to sell the whole > stuff - but it's only a matter of the sales department' qualification. Coming from a development company, I think I have to point out that in my humble opinion the statements above are an unfair generalization. I think developpers in general try to produce a well-written product, and the fact that products get more complicated is that users expect more features from newer versions. To give an analogy, if I posted on this list "all DBAs try to have a database that requires a lot of manual maintenance and don't document anthing - that's in their interest for job security", I'm sure there would be a general outcry. ------ any ignorant comments made are the sole responsibility of J. R. Kilchoer and should not reflect adversely upon my employer. Jacques R. Kilchoer (949) 754-8816 Quest Software, Inc. 8001 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, California 92618 U.S.A. http://www.quest.com <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2652.35"> <TITLE>RE: Re:RE: RE: Oracle DBA evolution path - please share your opi</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Michael Netrusov [<A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Yes, you are absolutely right, nobody is having interest in </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> selling quality products.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Money is coming from the support of the product, not from the </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> selling of the product itself. If the product is well-written, then</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> it'll be no big deal with maintenance, hence no money from </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> contractors who support and "customize" the application ( </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> read: fix the</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> numerous bugs on fly and try to make the whole $hit work ). </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> The more complicated the product, the more money is paid for it's</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> maintenance. The more money is paid, the more people are is </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> interested in working with it. The only problem is to sell the whole</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> stuff - but it's only a matter of the sales department' qualification.</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Coming from a development company, I think I have to point out that in my humble opinion the statements above are an unfair generalization. I think developpers in general try to produce a well-written product, and the fact that products get more complicated is that users expect more features from newer versions.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>To give an analogy, if I posted on this list "all DBAs try to have a database that requires a lot of manual maintenance and don't document anthing - that's in their interest for job security", I'm sure there would be a general outcry.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>------</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>any ignorant comments made are the sole responsibility of J. R. Kilchoer and should not reflect adversely upon my employer.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Jacques R. Kilchoer</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>(949) 754-8816</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Quest Software, Inc.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>8001 Irvine Center Drive</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Irvine, California 92618</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>U.S.A.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.quest.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.quest.com</A></FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).