RE: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-04 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
. -Original Message- From: Mohan, Ross [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 5:11 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Metalink Response FYI Randy Baker left, yes...and another fellow...forced out, virtually. Then, the cost cutting

RE: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-04 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
though -- no rush. Thanks. Pat. -Original Message- From: Ron Rogers [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 11:21 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Metalink Response FYI Pat, You must be overpaid if you have money that you can play

l'market / RE: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-04 Thread Eric D. Pierce
Waiting is probably good. Besides knowing a couple of investment advisors (fellow soccer/little league dads, members of theology study study groups, and so forth), I try to listen to Louis Rukeyser's show on PBS every week (http://www.pbs.org/mpt/rukeyser), and as much of Bob Brinker's

RE: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-04 Thread Eric D. Pierce
ROFL! On 3 Apr 2001, at 19:35, Steve Adams scribbled with alacrity and cogency: ... There have been growing pains, mostly caused by Oracle bugs, but they certainly seem to be able to make their Oracle stuff scale much better than MetaLink does. Maybe its because of the performance consultant

RE: l'market / RE: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-04 Thread Eric D. Pierce
example: http://news.morningstar.com/doc/article/0,1,4382,00.html?hSection=fromAnalysts ---excerpt--- ... One Hand Washes the Other I was talking to a reporter a couple of days ago about some upcoming accounting changes that could potentially boost some companies' reported earnings by

RE: l'market / RE: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-04 Thread Eric D. Pierce
another example: http://www.tcwgroup.com/press4.shtml - This guy was on Rukeyser's show several weeks ago, and reportedly has a knack for picking good tech stocks amidst the rubble: http://www.tcwgroup.com/bios/bickerstaff_glen.htm ---

RE: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-03 Thread Steve Adams
Hi All, I'd say that there must be something badly wrong with the application if it cannot cope with 1,500 concurrent users. I know of sites supporting more than 20 times that number of active users on a single server with consistent sub-second response times. @ Regards, @ Steve Adams @

RE: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-03 Thread Mohan, Ross
Title: RE: Metalink Response FYI rant 1500 users? And ORACLE FREAKING CORPORATION is having trouble meeting the demand? Geez Louise, this is *exactly* the type of thing companies get roasted alive for. I am supposed to believe these guys when they say We'll scale all the way to Andromeda

Re: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-03 Thread Ruth Gramolini
Ranting on... They say there is unexpected demand. They created it by refusing to talk to anyone without their opening an iTar so how can they say it was unexpected. Maybe they are counting on everyone giving up on Metalink thereby reducing demand .. End of ranting... Ruth - Original

RE: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-03 Thread Dasko, Dan
But if everyone gives up on Metastink, then they'll be very interested in 9i because it eliminates the need for a dba or a developer or an iTAR. Listen to me now or hear me later. Dan -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 12:16 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

RE: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-03 Thread Mohan, Ross
Title: RE: Metalink Response FYI Sadly, I do not. I am not a TV watcher these days ==-Original Message- ==From: Eric D. Pierce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ==Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 3:17 PM ==To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L ==Subject: RE: Metalink Response

RE: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-03 Thread Mohan, Ross
Title: RE: Metalink Response FYI Randy Baker left, yes...and another fellow...forced out, virtually. Then, the cost cutting began. People attrited or let go...cheaper monitors and equipment...reduced training budgets. We Saved a Billion Dollars Last Year by not doing their job

Re: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-03 Thread Ruth Gramolini
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] == Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 3:22 PM == To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L == Subject: RE: Metalink Response FYI == == == Steve, == == Thanks for the very interesting comments. Are those webified == apps with similar requirements as meta

RE: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-03 Thread Mohan, Ross
Title: RE: Metalink Response FYI Ruth, Thanks, your perception matches mine. See, in particular,(3) below. And although I certainly appreciate your expression of concern/support, it is Metalink's job, not mine that I am sharply disappointed with. Fortunately, it is still

RE: Metalink Response ....FYI

2001-04-03 Thread Steve Adams
Hi Eric, The one I know best is a chat site. The application is much more sophisticated than MetaLink. It has seen also seen "unprecedented demand" recently - about 500% growth in the last year. There have been growing pains, mostly caused by Oracle bugs, but they certainly seem to be able to