Wow! What a Freudian slip. I had intended to type 'Microsoft', though I was *thinking* Microslop.
Jared Jared Still <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/30/2002 07:03 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: Re: MIcrosoft Blackmail Microslop is not a private company, and has not been for quite some years now. Jared On Monday 30 September 2002 03:33, Yechiel Adar wrote: > DENNIS, I think that I did not explain my idea. > > I do not understand the complain of Thomas. > I do not see any harm in a company choosing its dealers based > on their commitment to the goals of my company. > > Microsoft has a right to prefer dealer who embrace the .net, > or do you think that anybody have the right to tell a PRIVATE > company who to deal with? > > > Yechiel Adar > Mehish > ----- Original Message ----- > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 5:18 PM > > > Yechiel - But all things are NEVER equal. So companies end up doing > > stupid things because of some larger motive. You end up buying crappy > > computers because your boss thinks it will impress the CEO with how you > > are loyally supporting someone that somehow supports your company. > > Ironic isn't it. When the PC industry began, the computer industry > > was firmly dominated by IBM. PC enthusiasts were a bunch of starry-eyed > > dreamers > > > that though they could wrestle computing away from the computer > > priesthood and bring freedom to everyman. In many ways the Internet has > > made that > > dream > > > come true. But then we have Microsoft talking about creating a new > > security > > > system for my computer that on one hand will protect me from bad things > > and > > > on the other hand will protect the products of large corporations from > > me. In a great number of ways Microsoft resembles the IBM of the past. > > <obligatory Oracle reference> > > Of course Larry Ellison only wishes he had these type of issues to > > deal with. > > </obligatory Oracle reference> > > > > Dennis Williams > > DBA > > Lifetouch, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 8:43 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > What exactly is your problem? > > > > Lets say that you are a factory that sells paper. > > You need to buy a computer system. > > One supplier also sell printers and the other advocate paperless office. > > All things being equal, which one will you give your business to?? > > > > Yechiel Adar > > Mehish > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > To: Multiple <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recipients of list ORACLE-L > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:13 AM > > > > > > This came to our DBA team today. I'd appreciate your thoughts. I'm > > not > > > a business > > guy, just a plain old Apps DBA, but this really pisses me off. Is it > > common practice > > by MS? > > > > It is important from an Architecture point of view that we > > understand all the various approaches to "web services" (also known as > > "grid > > > computing" -- see my recent report). Microsoft's dot Net initiative is > > their approach to this grand overarching software strategy. > > > > There is a second reason why we might be interested specifically in > > dot Net. Subsidiary XYZ earns $xyz a year for us from > > > > Microsoft by [performing certain services], etc. Microsoft has told > > our management that one of their criteria for evaluating their vendors > > will > > > be how good of a MS customer is the potential vendor. Specifically, has > > the > > > vendor bought in to the dot Net strategy. Now we aren't going to make > > our > > > global enterprise solutions strategy decisions based upon that point > > alone, > > > but it's not something we are going to ignore either. > > > > Therefore, I support investigating SQL server, Biz Talk, and dot > > Net, but I emphasize the word INVESTIGATING. > > > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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). 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