Re:RE: Re:RE: RE: Oracle DBA evolution path

From: <dgoulet_at_vicr.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:29:31 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002D0E34.20010319121546@fatcity.com>

Jacques,

Naw, guilty as charged!

Dick Goulet

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Author: Jacques Kilchoer <Jacques.Kilchoer_at_quest.com>
Date:       3/19/2001 11:01 AM

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Netrusov [mailto:mn_at_g-fax.com]
> 
> Yes, you are absolutely right, nobody is having interest in 
> selling quality products.
> Money is coming from the support of the product, not from the 
> selling of the product itself. If the product is well-written, then
> it'll be no big deal with maintenance, hence no money from 
> contractors who support and "customize" the application ( 
> read: fix the
> numerous bugs on fly and try to make the whole $hit work ). 
> The more complicated the product, the more money is paid for it's
> maintenance. The more money is paid, the more people are is

> interested in working with it. The only problem is to sell the whole > stuff - but it's only a matter of the sales department' qualification.

Coming from a development company, I think I have to point out that in my humble opinion the statements above are an unfair generalization. I think developpers in general try to produce a well-written product, and the fact that products get more complicated is that users expect more features from newer versions.

To give an analogy, if I posted on this list "all DBAs try to have a database that requires a lot of manual maintenance and don't document anthing - that's in their interest for job security", I'm sure there would be a general outcry.

any ignorant comments made are the sole responsibility of J. R. Kilchoer and should not reflect adversely upon my employer.

Jacques R. Kilchoer
(949) 754-8816
Quest Software, Inc.
8001 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, California 92618
U.S.A.
http://www.quest.com
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> -----Original Message-----
 > From: Michael Netrusov [<A
HREF="mailto:mn_at_g-fax.com">mailto:mn_at_g-fax.com</A>]
 > 
 > Yes, you are absolutely right, nobody is having interest
in 
 > selling quality products.
 > Money is coming from the support of the product, not from
the 
 > selling of the product itself. If the product is
well-written, then
 > it'll be no big deal with maintenance, hence no money from

 > contractors who support and "customize" the
application ( 
 > read: fix the
 > numerous bugs on fly and try to make the whole $hit work
). 
 > The more complicated the product, the more money is paid
for it's
 > maintenance. The more money is paid, the more people are
is 
 > interested in working with it.  The only problem is
to sell the whole
 > stuff - but it's only a matter of the sales department'
qualification.

 

Coming from a development company, I think I have to point out
that in my humble opinion the statements above are an unfair generalization. I think developpers in general try to produce a well-written product, and the fact that products get more complicated is that users expect more features from newer versions.

To give an analogy, if I posted on this list "all DBAs try
to have a database that requires a lot of manual maintenance and don't document anthing - that's in their interest for job security", I'm sure there would be a general outcry.

------
 any ignorant comments made are the sole responsibility of J. R.
Kilchoer and should not reflect adversely upon my employer.

 
 Jacques R. Kilchoer
 (949) 754-8816
 Quest Software, Inc.
 8001 Irvine Center Drive
 Irvine, California 92618
 U.S.A.
 <A HREF="http://www.quest.com"
TARGET="_blank">http://www.quest.com</A>


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