Seems nobody's left quiet. :) Personally, I don't want to be obstinate. I wouldn't avoid certification only because I think (and yes, I do) it's all about the Oracle's revenue and nothing about professional knowledge. Works for Oracle - fine, glad for them. As "side effect" I can have increase in personal revenue and that's what I care about. That's what I count on. Well, that's my point here.
Alexandre ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 4:33 PM > Well that explains a lot. In a separate post Rachel also said Oracle > denigrated the prior Chauncey/IOUG tests so it's obvious that Oracle is just > using testing and certification as another source of revenue. Professional > Development of the DBA community is just marketing hype. All the more reason > to avoid the 9i tests. > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 7:08 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Importance: High > > > The original certification program was developed by IOUG when Mike Corey was > president of the group. I cannot remember if the program ever certified > anyone other than those who built it. Once Oracle had its own > certification program the IOUG one withered. > > The relationship between ORACLE and its user groups have not always been > friendly. The OAUG's complaints have made the national press. If my memory > serves, and its already been shown to be faulty, the first OOW-Americas was > scheduled to be at the same time as the IOUG-A. Corey indicated he was > going to see Ellison and explain to him that he couldn't do such a thing, > that OOW-Americas would have to be rescheduled. Ellison was not moved, > neither was the OOW-Americas conference; the IOUG-A get together was :) > > To its credit IOUG-A live is seen as a more credible than the marketing show > known as OOW. However I doubt the conference would maintain its value if > Oracle sent no one. If the IOUG had a competing certification program, > Oracle would do its best to snuff it out. > > Ian MacGregor > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Orr, Steve > 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). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Alexandre Gorbatchev 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).
