RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-11 Thread Grabowy, Chris
i Seldon or Zaphod Beeblebrox. > -Original Message- > From: Cary Millsap [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 3:58 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Vey interesting article at MetaLink > > > I've learned

RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-11 Thread Gogala, Mladen
2007 tires". To quote the good, old Satchmo: what a wonderful world! > -Original Message- > From: Grabowy, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:39 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Verrrry interesting article at Met

Re: Re[2]: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Ruth Gramolini
I agree! Stick it to 'em. They do it to us all the time. Ruth - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 3:24 PM > From Oracle's Terms of Use on Metalink... > > "Confidentiality > --- > Except for inf

RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Gesler, Rich
pients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Vey interesting article at MetaLink > > > I've learned that those two emotions are not mutually exclusive. > > If you name's not in Oracle's source code somewhere, then I'd suggest > you write someone at Oracle a

RE: Re[2]: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Fink, Dan
>From Oracle's Terms of Use on Metalink... "Confidentiality --- Except for information in Web sites controlled by third parties that are accessible via hyperlinks from the MetaLink Web site, the information contained in the Materials is the confidential proprietary information of Orac

RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread John Weatherman
day, October 10, 2002 3:58 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Vey interesting article at MetaLink > > > I've learned that those two emotions are not mutually exclusive. > > If you name's not in Oracle's source code somewhere, then I'd

RE: Re[2]: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Dick, the difference is that Oracle is a corporation that is making money on someone else's work. they are quick to hammer the people we work for over license issues and, in this case, use someone elses work as a part of their software suite. it's not right. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Pro

RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Gesler, Rich
p [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 3:58 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink > > > I've learned that those two emotions are not mutually exclusive. > > If you name'

RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Inka Bezdziecka
Jared, Yes, you should be both. Well, this not a legal advise, just my personal view: I would find a layer, who specialises in the intellectual property laws, sue Oracle ... and settle. Add a clause to the header, which will allow for usage of your scripts the way you mean it. For all those

RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Gogala, Mladen
viduals in the galaxy, standing next to Hari Seldon or Zaphod Beeblebrox. > -Original Message- > From: Cary Millsap [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 3:58 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Verrrry interesting article

RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Scott . Shafer
gt; Subject: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink > > I found something rather interesting on MetaLink today. > > While doing a little research on UTL_FILE, I came across > document # 1050919.6. This document deals with how to > dump a table to an ascii file. >

Re[2]: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread dgoulet
Jared, Should you be irritated? I've had some of the things I published on the list put out as gospel elsewhere with my name attached & it's been a real pain in the ^^$. I don't know. I think I'd feel flattered and relieved that no one knows where it came from. Dick Goulet __

Re: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Jared Still
Not interested in compensation. Just a litte irritated that the only change to the script was to remove my name. Jared On Thursday 10 October 2002 04:08, Rachel Carmichael wrote: > you put the code out in the world without a comment in it about copying > is not allowed and you've made it free

RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Jared, I think you have a case for at the very least getting credit for your work. It's one thing for someone to see what you've done and use the functionality like you did. It's completely something else for someone to lift all the code verbatim without even changing a comment. It just shows

RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread April Wells
At least they TOLD me that "if" I ever get our Unique configuration for Apps to work they expect me to write thier documentation for them April -Original Message- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: 10/10/2002 2:13 AM Dear list, I found something rather interesting on

RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Rachel Carmichael
you put the code out in the world without a comment in it about copying is not allowed and you've made it free for the taking. Compensation isn't likely. Credit is definitely due and should be given. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jared, > You should feel upset as well as flattered. In my view

Re: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Connor McDonald
Just tell them you'll happy with a small amount of acknowledgement...say, a 4-node Tru64 cluster with 9.2 rac and a year's free support. Cheers Connor --- Jared Still <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear list, > > I found something rather interesting on MetaLink > today. > > While doing a

RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Naveen Nahata
Reminds me of a famous quote 'Copying from one author is plagiarism, and copying from multiple authors is research' :-) Naveen -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 12:43 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dear list, I found something rather interesting on Me

RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread John . Hallas
Jared, You should feel upset as well as flattered. In my view you have a strong case against Oracle for some form of compensation, as a minimum you should be credited in the article. Whether you can win against a big corporation is another matter of course. I and many others can confirm that the

RE: Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-10 Thread Cary Millsap
I've learned that those two emotions are not mutually exclusive. If you name's not in Oracle's source code somewhere, then I'd suggest you write someone at Oracle a note. It's an easy problem for them to solve. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Upcoming events: - Hots

Verrrry interesting article at MetaLink

2002-10-09 Thread Jared Still
Dear list, I found something rather interesting on MetaLink today. While doing a little research on UTL_FILE, I came across document # 1050919.6. This document deals with how to dump a table to an ascii file. http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=