Mladen Gogala scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon:
oh damn, have we been at this too long?;-)
Yes, we probably have. I must say that the spirit of Oracle Corp.
has changed significantly since the days of Geoff Squire, Chris Ellis,
Richard Barker and the gang. Those guys used to understand techies and
were extremely helpful. The company was more open and didn't hide
the database entrails so thoroughly as today. I was routinely able to
get betas (like 7.0.12 or 8.0.3, which was, by the way, the very
last beta I've ever received), to test them out, to learn them
and to use them. The understanding was mutual: I was given early
access, and, in return, I was pushing oracle everywhere I worked.
Now, the whole thing is more MS like, more "corporate". It may be
good for stock owners, but that is not the company I grew accustomed
to. This one doesn't inspire much loyalty or devotion. I'm actively looking for a change. So far, the most serious candidate is PostgresSQL, with the database formerly known as DB2 close second. I must say that I really, really like today's IBM. It ceased being an
"Infernal Bloody Monopolly" and is now a company that I'm rather
intrigued by. Oracle, on the other hand, is just another corporate
giant trying to shove ever more defective products down my throat
for more and more bucks and following the suit in the fine art of
outsourcing. I believe that Orcle DBA has reached the end of the
line, both perspective-wise and technology-wise. I'm planning to
stay on this list for another year and then, I'm gone.
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