Re: ORACLE RAC CRASHES ORBITZ

Mark A wrote:

> > > Tom Longfellow wrote:
> > >
> > > > GOD!! sometimes I just HATE the internet. It is too easy to be
> > > > misinterpreted. My suggestions were tongue in cheek. I TOTALLY get
> > > > marketing. I was just commenting on how marketing departments can
> > > > embarrass their companies.
> > > >
> > > > <snipped>
> > >
> > > This is why emoticons were invented. ;-)
> > >
> > > Sorry if I didn't see your tongue planted firmly in your cheek.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately PT Barnum was correct. And we will be dealing with the
> effluent
> > > of marketing departments right up until customers use their own brains
> and stop
> > > buying the drivel they produce. And that will not be in our lifetimes.
> >
> > Just a rumor mind you, but the Orbitz glitch has been traced to some
> > hardware issues...will post more if I hear more.
> >
> > Mike

>

What a blivet.

In an environment as complex as Orbitz's a crash could be caused by many things. Hardware, operating systems, networks, routers, hubs, databases, tools, etc. etc. etc. right down to a poorly run code review on some internally generated program or a DBA or SysAdmin that made an innocent mistake.

But you are so knee-jerk negative toward Larry, who I doubt has ever taken a single dollar from your pocket, you jump to a conclusion the size of Mt. Everest. Give it a break.

As Freud once said ... "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."

Do the universe a favor. Wait for the facts to come out: They will. Then comment on the facts. If they demonstrate Oracle was responsible so what. Has DB2 never been responsible for a crash? Informix? Sybase? A 'C' compiler?

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Daniel Morgan
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