Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-30 Thread bulbultyagi
Thanks lisa - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 20:54 His essays are still available here http://www.geocities.com/lydian_third/ Lisa. -Original Message- Sent: 23 October 2003 15:04 To:

RE: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-27 Thread Whittle Jerome Contr NCI
Title: RE: What happened to Howard Rogers ? I once worked for an excellent company, Southwest Research Institute, in the USA. As part of my employment agreement, I had to sign a paper saying ANY patent I was granted belonged to the company. It didn't matter if it was on my own time

RE: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-27 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Jerry - And they may or not be able to enforce that stipulation. A friend of mine invented something in his spare time. When his patent was granted, the company lawyers showed up to provide his requisite $1 and their gratitude, per the agreement he has been forced to sign as a condition of his

Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-27 Thread Tim Gorman
Title: Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ? That is quite standard. The meaning of full time employment does not admit the concept of working on my own time; mutually exclusive in many senses. In order to segregate your own time from that of a company, you have to be a temporary (i.e. contract

Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-26 Thread Nuno Souto
It's not unique to Australia and yes, they make you sign a piece of paper to say anything you do between 9am and 5pm belongs to the company... Not just Oracle, BTW. Everyone does that. I wonder what that would do to those who claim one consulting gig = one book... Oh, while I'm here: did

RE: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-26 Thread Niall Litchfield
true in the US, which is after all the land that can patent clicking :(. Niall -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Sent: 25 October 2003 23:14 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: What happened to Howard Rogers

Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-26 Thread Ryan
is after all the land that can patent clicking :(. Niall -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Sent: 25 October 2003 23:14 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: What happened to Howard Rogers

Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-26 Thread Wolfgang Breitling
There are laws that are in effect without you having to sign papers. I'm no lawyer and I do understand that just because it appears on some website a statement isn't necessarily true ( we all should be very well aware of that with all the advice about hit ratios and extent fragmentation on

Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-26 Thread Mogens N?rgaard
FOETBOL (Former Oracle Employees Threatened By Oracle Legal) appears to be an organisation just waiting to be started up, and with some rather well-known members from the outset... Regarding Tom Kyte: AskTom :-))). Mogens sdf wrote: So what about Tom Kyte? Does he represent Oracle or does he

RE: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-25 Thread Niall Litchfield
Howard's response is below. Hopefully this makes things clearer for those who are still interested. I worked for Oracle for 4 years, producing my own stuff in my own time, to elaborate on questions that perplexed me, and about which I would often get asked by Oracle course students -because

Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-25 Thread Ryan
is that copyright thing something unique to Australia? I dont think they can claim that in the US unless you sign some documents first. - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 4:39 PM Howard's response is below.

Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-25 Thread Wolfgang Breitling
I wouldn't be too sure about that. At least here in Canada everything job related you produce while employed belongs to the employer. The in my own time part opens a grey area, but if it is very job related and contains or is related to information obtained on the job I don't think you've got a

RE: Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-24 Thread sdf
So what about Tom Kyte? Does he represent Oracle or does he represent himself? [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Because they said so. Signed, -Another former Oracle employee threatened by Oracle Legal about info posted to the internet -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net

Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-23 Thread rgaffuri
howard posted on dejanews that he is contracting to oracle. so i doubt he got fired. he probably just quit. We all know alot of people who 'used to work for oracle'. biggest downside is the lydian third site is gone. Had all the copies of his essays on it. apparently oracle theratened to sue

Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-23 Thread KENNETH JANUSZ
I am one of those 'used to work for oracle'. Ken Janusz, CPIM - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:04 AM howard posted on dejanews that he is contracting to oracle. so i doubt he got fired. he probably just

RE: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-23 Thread Dobson, Lisa
His essays are still available here http://www.geocities.com/lydian_third/ Lisa. -Original Message- Sent: 23 October 2003 15:04 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L howard posted on dejanews that he is contracting to oracle. so i doubt he got fired. he probably just quit. We

RE: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-23 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Not from here... temporarily unavailable. : ) Pat. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:24 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L His essays are still available here http://www.geocities.com/lydian_third/ Lisa. -Original Message- Sent: 23 October

Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-23 Thread Mladen Gogala
Thanks for this, Lisa. The 9i New Features book on his site seems to be very good On 10/23/2003 11:24:25 AM, Dobson, Lisa wrote: His essays are still available here http://www.geocities.com/lydian_third/ Lisa. -Original Message- Sent: 23 October 2003 15:04 To: Multiple

Re: Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-23 Thread rgaffuri
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ? Thanks for this, Lisa. The 9i New Features book on his site seems to be very good On 10/23/2003 11:24:25 AM, Dobson, Lisa wrote: His essays are still available here http

RE: Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-23 Thread Michael Milligan
He had great stuff on his site. Why did Oracle make him take it down? His stuff his very readable and informative IMHO. This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the

RE: Re: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-23 Thread tim
Because they said so. Signed, -Another former Oracle employee threatened by Oracle Legal about info posted to the internet He had great stuff on his site. Why did Oracle make him take it down? His stuff his very readable and informative IMHO. This e-mail, including attachments, may

RE: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-23 Thread Niall Litchfield
stuff that Howard writes, and you can hire his expert services as well. Niall -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mladen Gogala Sent: 23 October 2003 17:10 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: What happened to Howard

RE: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-23 Thread Bob Metelsky
This still seems active http://www.geocities.com/lydian_third/ Howard Rodgers writes extremely clearly. bob -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:04 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L howard posted on dejanews that he is contracting to oracle. so i doubt he

RE: What happened to Howard Rogers ?

2003-10-23 Thread hrishy
Hi All Its sad and really very very sad that if oracle sacked howard..because many of us have learnt oracle only because of howard.I have cleared my OCP just because of OCP.I still clearly remmeber the times when there was not a single book avaiable and jsut managed to get hold of howard rogers