The interesting fact of course is that the beta program of 10g was "announced" in newsgroups AFTER it had closed for all intents and purposes to the general public...
And quite frankly, Oracle could do a LOT WORSE than let "customers" like Mogens definitely join. Just a feeling, mind you. If Oracle thinks the "good old days" of in-house elites are back, they're dead wrong. Cheers Nuno Souto [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- > Generally, the announcements are made at events like OracleWorld, > through OTN and so forth that the beta program is open. Depending on > the release, the program may not even get announced unless it's big > enough. IIRC, the beta program for 9.2 was open to only a small number > of customers and wasn't announced to the world at large, whereas the 10g > program was announced (again IIRC - it's 4 am for me and I haven't had > my first coffee yet!) at OracleWorld in San Fran in September? Of > course, there are some companies that are almost always invited to join > the beta program for the database because of the type of customer they > are and the type of work they do - customers like Amazon, for example, > may fall into that category. Customers like Mogens definitely don't. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Nuno Souto 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
