yes, the bliss (with the exception of constantly having to dealing
with silly political correctness) of life in inefficient academia.
and, data janitoriaton is easier (but more dull and less remunerated)
than db administration. but really, as I said previously, most of the
blah blah is just
Jared,
Well, OSS certainly has its problems (some promoters have resorted to
stooping almost to the same level as MS marketing?:
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/metcalfe/990726bm.htm
), but there is something larger going on that I find fascinating.
As you may recall,
And now Eric, for our edification, exactly why are you a DBA? :)
Jared
On Tuesday 22 May 2001 11:25, Eric D. Pierce wrote:
Jared,
Well, OSS certainly has its problems (some promoters have resorted to
stooping almost to the same level as MS marketing?:
well, I'm a data janitor. anyway, the woik keeps the shelves stocked
with rhet oracle devices and glittering metaphorical crayons, *and* I
get to support the enterprises of my favorite fellows, bill gates and
larry ellison. :)
ep
On 22 May 2001, at 16:00, Jared Still wrote:
To:
I'm more interested in WHEN he has the time to be a DBA :)
From: Jared Still [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Live Free or Die! / Re: OT: Editorial on Corporate use of Open
Source Software
Date: Tue, 22 May
This is a very interesting editorial on corporate use of OSS.
http://www.dmreview.com/editorial/dmdirect/dmdirect_article.cfm?EdID=3436issue=051801record=1
Some may consider this off topic for an Oracle mailing list, but I
believe that those folks are in the minority.
Some very good points