RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-13 Thread Joseph B. Ottinger
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Joseph, You see, Joseph, it's this kind of humor that makes people think of waking up next to their favorite racehorse's head. Not sure what your point is, here, pardner. After all, I was saying this My point is that some slow people, like me,

RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-12 Thread Joseph B. Ottinger
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Joseph, Generally, I agree, but... I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will respond (usually they ask for a

RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-12 Thread Jay Armstrong
At 02:18 AM 6/12/01 -0500, you wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Joseph, Generally, I agree, but... I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will

Re: RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-12 Thread John Hogan
Their j2ee implementations seemed like a bunch of open source glued together. Throw in the oddDuck idea of running ejb's inside the db server and it's no wonder they threw it away. Perhaps because they couldn't give it away. _ Get your free E-mail at

RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-12 Thread Joseph B. Ottinger
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Sure, I can understand this -- good thing we have orionsupport.com, which isn't affiliated with Ironflare. This is why I've never been willing to advertise anything on orionsupport, and why I'm not directly affiliated in any way with Ironflare -

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-12 Thread Jeff Schnitzer
From: Jay Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Seriously, smartass, I'd like a 'yes' or 'no' answer from you: do you really think the CIA doesn't monitor the web? I'm not a smartass. I'm just out to get you :-) From Catch-22: They're trying to kill me, Yossarian told him calmly.

Re: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-12 Thread Christopher J. Woods
Joseph B. Ottinger wrote: On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: [...] Greetings, I respectfully request that those carrying on the conspiracy thread of discussion please take it off-list. It has comprised, I estimate, at least 50% of the orion-interest list the past few days. Thanks!

RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-12 Thread Jay Armstrong
Joseph, At 12:57 PM 6/12/01 -0500, you wrote: On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Sure, I can understand this -- good thing we have orionsupport.com, which isn't affiliated with Ironflare. This is why I've never been willing to advertise anything on orionsupport, and why I'm not

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-11 Thread Jay Armstrong
I apologize to the group for responding in kind to a personal flame that was off topic. I am well aware it's off topic, but you and Jeff made a personal attack. As usual, you have avoided the facts. I'm happy to take this one off line with you, just as soon as you publicly apologize for your

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-11 Thread Jay Armstrong
We've all tried presenting the facts to you regarding the Oracle deal, but all we seem to be getting in respose is a descent into your own personal madness. How about summing up the problems you have in a few short lines that won't cause cynics like me to laugh or respond so unpleasantly? Hani

RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-11 Thread Nathan Phelps
On a different note concerning the Oracle deal: I wasn't at JavaOne, but I've been reading all about it on the web. One news story that I've seen a lot about is Larry Ellison and Bill Coleman's little fight. Oracle has put Orion in the big leagues... I mean, Karl could have produced all sorts

Re: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-11 Thread Johan Fredriksson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 11:30 PM Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag From: Jay Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [...paranoia...] Have you ever considered that maybe your communications are being intercepted and preprocessed by a CIA computer? Do you hear clicking noises

Re: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-11 Thread Johan Fredriksson
What is your point? Johan - Original Message - From: Jay Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 3:51 PM Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag We've all tried presenting the facts to you regarding the Oracle deal, but all we seem

RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-11 Thread Jay Armstrong
Nathan, A lot of what you're saying is true. I acknowledge that Orion is relatively fast and has some great features (like auto-reconfigure), but I recall that Orion used to claim that it was the fastest J2EE product (or something like that), then had to remove that claim from the

RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-11 Thread elephantwalker
: RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note. Nathan, A lot of what you're saying is true. I acknowledge that Orion is relatively fast and has some great features (like auto-reconfigure), but I recall that Orion used to claim that it was the fastest J2EE product (or something like

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-11 Thread Joseph B. Ottinger
Mmmkay, this is a little late, but hey - when have I been known to shut up? On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: After my criticism, subsequent messages from others on the original thread (RE: Oracle deal) also went through fine, but none of them were critical of Ironflare. In fact

Re: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-11 Thread Ray Harrison
, Jay --- Johan Fredriksson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is your point? Johan - Original Message - From: Jay Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 3:51 PM Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag We've all tried presenting

RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-11 Thread Ray Harrison
If I recall correctly, BEA did not challenge them (Ironflare/Evermind)with any numbers of their own, they just wanted them to remove their BEA reference. That would have appeared to have been just an action by BEA spin doctors and the legal department. So I will be interested when Oracle runs

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-11 Thread Eric Knight
Enough! -Original Message- From: Johan Fredriksson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 9:40 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal gag What is your point? Johan - Original Message - From: Jay Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL

RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-11 Thread Joseph B. Ottinger
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Jay Armstrong wrote: Nathan, A lot of what you're saying is true. I acknowledge that Orion is relatively fast and has some great features (like auto-reconfigure), but I recall that Orion used to claim that it was the fastest J2EE product (or something like that),

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-11 Thread Robert S. Sfeir
Wow, I never realized engineers had become so immature! Can we stop filling our mailboxes with junk? Get off the stupid list if you're so unhappy! You have a choice! Stay on the boat and can it, or get off the boat to something that will make you happier! R Robert S. Sfeir Director of

RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-11 Thread Jay Armstrong
. Regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jay Armstrong Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:22 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note. Nathan, A lot of what you're saying is true. I

RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-11 Thread Jay Armstrong
Joseph, Generally, I agree, but... I am not applauding the support for WebLogic, WebsFear, IPlanit, etc, but if I report a problem with WebLogic to BEA, eventually it will filter to the gurus, who will respond (usually they ask for a reconfigure, restart, and a dump). And usually if

RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note.

2001-06-11 Thread Don Gaul
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of elephantwalker Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 11:53 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag... but on a different note. J, I am an oracle customer. All you have to do is call support, and they answer questions about orion. They also have good

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-10 Thread Jay Armstrong
EW, The message to which you replied has a slightly different title and is from my alternate email address ([EMAIL PROTECTED], not [EMAIL PROTECTED]). It went through just fine. After my criticism, subsequent messages from others on the original thread (RE: Oracle deal) also went through

Re: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-10 Thread David Kinnvall
From: Jay Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] EW, [snip] After my criticism, subsequent messages from others on the original thread (RE: Oracle deal) also went through fine, but none of them were critical of Ironflare. In fact, all of them either told me to shut up (Greg Stickley and Hani Suleiman

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-10 Thread Mike Cannon-Brookes
Jay, Might I say in advance that I've read your posts in the past and they are good, however this one is severly off the mark and badly wrong in judgement. After my criticism, subsequent messages from others on the original thread (RE: Oracle deal) also went through fine, but none of them

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-10 Thread Hani Suleiman
([EMAIL PROTECTED], not [EMAIL PROTECTED]). It went through just fine. After my criticism, subsequent messages from others on the original thread (RE: Oracle deal) also went through fine, but none of them were critical of Ironflare. In fact, all of them either told me to shut up (Greg Stickley

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-10 Thread Jay Armstrong
-Interest Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag EW, The message to which you replied has a slightly different title and is from my alternate email address ([EMAIL PROTECTED], not [EMAIL PROTECTED]). It went through just fine. After my criticism, subsequent messages from others on the original thread (RE

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-10 Thread elephantwalker
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jay Armstrong Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 12:54 PM To: Orion-Interest Subject: RE: Oracle deal gag Okay, EW. I'll agree that some things are apparently not getting through. They can write a great J2EE product, but can't get

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-10 Thread Jeff Schnitzer
From: Jay Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [...paranoia...] Have you ever considered that maybe your communications are being intercepted and preprocessed by a CIA computer? Do you hear clicking noises every time you pick up the phone? You have accidentally sumbled across The Swedish

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-10 Thread Gregory T Stickley
...CLIP... If it's a list problem, okay, but how can we possibly know? Time will tell,... ...CLIP... Since you are even able to say Time will tell why don't you just wait and see if Ironflare's personality changes over time instead of assuming the worst.

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-10 Thread Jay Armstrong
Even paranoid people have enemies. I've never suggested a conspiracy. The response I got from Karl was an immediate reaction to my comment that their testing was done for free. Now testing/bug reporting by the open community will directly help Oracle. Try dealing with facts. Six months ago,

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-10 Thread Hani Suleiman
Well, you're kinda asking for it, but your credentials clearly show why you're so paranoid and are on very, umm, thin ground when it comes to mental well being. We've all tried presenting the facts to you regarding the Oracle deal, but all we seem to be getting in respose is a descent into your

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-09 Thread Hani Suleiman
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Paul Kofon wrote: Now this is the scary part: Make Orion unusable by providing partial implementations for the new stuff in J2EE while providing little or no support. And since everyone knows Orion has been packaged under another brand name by some big guy with plenty

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-09 Thread Phillip Ross
-- Hani Suleiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we now get on with bitching about EJB 2.0 support and other more...ahem...productive topics? OK, let me start... I would like to begin ranting about how Orion does not yet properly remove references in entity beans to child entities in EJB2.0 CMR

RE: Oracle deal

2001-06-09 Thread elephantwalker
it. Regards, the elephantwalker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Phillip Ross Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 8:45 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal -- Hani Suleiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we now get on with bitching

RE: Oracle deal

2001-06-09 Thread Phillip Ross
Haha, I know... Hani just said we should bitch so I did :P - Phillip --- elephantwalker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phil, Orion also supports do's, even though the latest draft doesn't include do's (an earlier draft had major sections on do's). Phil, this is a moving target, and these guys

RE: Oracle deal

2001-06-09 Thread Russ White
with Ironflair. Regards -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Phillip Ross Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 11:45 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal -- Hani Suleiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we now get on with bitching about EJB

RE: Oracle deal

2001-06-09 Thread Brynolf Andersson
-To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Oracle deal Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 11:34:27 +1000 I've never seen behaviour like this, and yes I run a few 24x7 sites on Orion. My boxes are usually dual P3-866's, each with 1 gig RAM, running RedHat and Sun JDK 1.3

RE: Oracle deal gag

2001-06-09 Thread elephantwalker
J, There have been lags and blackholes on the list last week. I suspect this is because the two gents have been in San Francisco in the last week, and have not been unable to keep up the maintenance. Sunday and Monday, and some of Tuesday lastweek there were no messages. Its a list

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-08 Thread Paul Kofon
Oracle wasn't the best J2EE platform. But now they've got Orion. From: Reid Hartenbower [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Oracle deal Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:36:23 -0700 This is my fear as well, and why I am surprised

RE: Oracle deal

2001-06-08 Thread Metla, Suri
: Thursday, June 07, 2001 6:41 PM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal I agree fully. This is good for Orion, for Oracle, and us as developers. The indication that I've been getting at JavaOne is that this deal is similar to the JBuilder deal -- Oracle licenses the source code, and goes

RE: Oracle deal

2001-06-08 Thread Mike Cannon-Brookes
: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Oracle deal Hi all, I am running Oracle's oc4j ( i.e. Orion 1.5.0.) on Solaris BOX having 1G RAM, 12 CPU's box. We are now testing the Orion Server for the Scalability and Load test. We are running the Simple Jsp , for a duration of one day Using the Load

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-07 Thread Karl Avedal
Hello Jay, Excuse me, but I'd like to say, I TOLD YOU SO!!! I like Orion, but while we've been asking, Any news from Orion yet?? (Jan 13, 2001), and functioning as free testers, they've been working on the version for Oracle. There has certainly not been any work on the version for

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-07 Thread Phillip Ross
--- Karl Avedal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm listening, and I hope that Oracle will take part in the user discussions with all the rest of you. And if Oracle recruits talent from this list, that would be a very nice thing. There are teams within Oracle Corp that read and reply to the

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-07 Thread Greg Stickley
--- Jay Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some of you may recall that, back in April, for about a week, we had a heated, sometimes humorous discussion with the subject A Swedish Idea (for Ironflare to call their fellow Swedes at MySQL). Someone made the comment: ** ...CLIP...

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-07 Thread Keith Kwiatek
wrapped into a straight-jacket for a few short term buck$ ? Keith - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 5:29 PM Subject: Re: Oracle deal What I am interested in is what are the future implications for Orion

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-07 Thread Reid Hartenbower
favorite development environment. - Original Message - From: Keith Kwiatek [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 11:15 AM Subject: Re: Oracle deal I hope this orion + oracle deal is the same as the borland jbuilder + oracle jdeveloper deal

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-07 Thread Robert S. Sfeir
Why can't everyone just enjoy and bask in the moment? It seems that every time something happens on this list, we all have to start whyning! If things suck later, just change to different app server if you're unhappy with the results. This just means that: 1- Orion kicks butt 2- Oracle's

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-07 Thread Darren Gibbons
I agree fully. This is good for Orion, for Oracle, and us as developers. The indication that I've been getting at JavaOne is that this deal is similar to the JBuilder deal -- Oracle licenses the source code, and goes off and forks it, adding their own value-add features. Orion is free to keep

RE: Oracle deal

2001-06-06 Thread elephantwalker
This is from the original poster, Phil Ross. It looks like a version just for Oracle, so I think you should direct your question to Oracle to ask which version and how it compares with Orion 1.5.2. java -jar ./j2ee/home/orion.jar -version Oracle9iAS (1.0.2.2) Containers for J2EE

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-06 Thread Phillip Ross
I've been told Oracle's oc4j is orion 1.5.0. And I've also been told that it's confidental as to how/when/if ironflare will continue to push newer builds of orion to Oracle or what. - Phillip --- Bryan Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read about Orion being used as the base code for

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-06 Thread Chad Cromwell
this is true it is basically orion 1.4.5 - Original Message - From: Bryan Young To: Orion-Interest Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 1:10 PM Subject: Oracle deal I just read about Orion being used as the base code for their 9i app server. Does anyone know

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-06 Thread Noah Nordrum
actually, it's totally true that it's 1.5.0 as Phillip stated... - Original Message - From: Chad Cromwell To: Orion-Interest Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 4:58 PM Subject: Re: Oracle deal this is true it is basically orion 1.4.5 - Original

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-06 Thread Julian_Doherty
] To: Orion-Interest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: owner-orion-interest@orionSubject: Re: Oracle deal

Re: Oracle deal

2001-06-06 Thread Jay Armstrong
Some of you may recall that, back in April, for about a week, we had a heated, sometimes humorous discussion with the subject A Swedish Idea (for Ironflare to call their fellow Swedes at MySQL). Someone made the comment: ** ...they (Magnus and Karl) are just 2 guys, who wanna code

RE: Oracle deal

2001-06-06 Thread Mike Cannon-Brookes
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Phillip Ross Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 6:08 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal I've been told Oracle's oc4j is orion 1.5.0. And I've also been told that it's confidental as to how/when/if ironflare

RE: Oracle deal

2001-06-06 Thread Mike Cannon-Brookes
PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 10:30 AM To: Orion-Interest Subject: Re: Oracle deal What I am interested in is what are the future implications for Orion? We are about to purchase a license for Orion, but if development on Orion isn't going