They will think differently after Mogens comes out with the "Do you really
need 10g" presentation ;)
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Denny Koovakattu
Quoting Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au>:
> The interesting fact of course is that the beta program
> of 10g was "announced" in newsgroups AFTER it had closed
> for all intents and purposes to the general public...
>
> And quite frankly, Oracle could do a LOT WORSE than let
> "customers" like Mogens definitely join. Just a feeling,
> mind you. If Oracle thinks the "good old days" of in-house
> elites are back, they're dead wrong.
>
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > Generally, the announcements are made at events like OracleWorld,
> > through OTN and so forth that the beta program is open. Depending on
> > the release, the program may not even get announced unless it's big
> > enough. IIRC, the beta program for 9.2 was open to only a small number
> > of customers and wasn't announced to the world at large, whereas the 10g
> > program was announced (again IIRC - it's 4 am for me and I haven't had
> > my first coffee yet!) at OracleWorld in San Fran in September? Of
> > course, there are some companies that are almost always invited to join
> > the beta program for the database because of the type of customer they
> > are and the type of work they do - customers like Amazon, for example,
> > may fall into that category. Customers like Mogens definitely don't.
>
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> Author: Nuno Souto
> INET: nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au
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