Re: Is 10g ready for primetime?

"Joel Garry" <joel-garry_at_home.com> wrote in message news:1112225958.380913.186180_at_z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Dave wrote:
>>GeoPappas" <Papp..._at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1112210013.537395.155460_at_l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>> I have been in the IT business for quite a while (almost 20 years),
> and
>>> one thing I have learned is that you don't really want to use a dot
> 0
>>> release (as in 10.0). Many "new" features are there, but not ready
> for
>>> prime-time and it takes a while to work the "kinks" out.
>
>
>>what a stupid attitude, you dismiss something without even looking at
> it
>
> I have somewhat the same attitude. It makes a lot more sense if you
> look at it with the point of view of overbroad generalizations, which
> is necessary for management given the amount of BS they have to winnow
> to make such a decision. It winds up being the correct decision for
> the wrong reasons.
>
> Think about it: if the only reason to upgrade is to use new features,
> and any new features are _bound_ to have problems when first released,
> doesn't it make sense to let others find the problems?
>
> And of course, the "first release bad" axiom may not be paranoid enough
> when you are talking about management's ridiculously high expectations.
> Hans mentions Dataguard as rock solid. I don't disagree... but it
> certainly had production-affecting problems well into 9. For most
> places, there's no way one can "properly" test a new feature, even
> Oracle can't. So there is value to letting others have the learning
> experiences and generate a body of knowledge beyond Oracle Press books
> - and yes, even myths, which usually have some grain of truth and can
> give a hypothesis to test.
>
> So I don't think it is at all stupid to dismiss something new
> out-of-hand, given both the OP's environment and the experiences so
> many of us have had with marketing fluff. What is fluff in software
> sales is class-actionable in most industries.
>
> jg
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>

to dismiss without even looking at it is stupid when you havent a clue what may be wrong with it. Evaluate then dismiss is the only sensible option Received on Wed Mar 30 2005 - 18:35:46 CST