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I've heard of it. Never seen it work well...
when my (several jobs) prior company wanted to outsource us, they realized quickly that the intangible costs of outsourcing (loss of knowledge, user/tech relationships, etc) far outweighed the savings in dollars. They killed the project.
>From: dgoulet_at_vicr.com
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: Re:RE: OT: Reading the Oracle Tea Leaves
>Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 06:41:27 -0800
>
>Now come on guys, We're already dinosaurs, ever hear of 'outsourcing'??
>
>Dick Goulet
>
>____________________Reply Separator____________________
>Author: "Jack C. Applewhite" <japplewhite_at_inetprofit.com>
>Date: 4/26/2001 5:55 AM
>
>Ian,
>
>Past history forces me to disagree. If it takes Oracle as long to
>"perfect"
>AutoTuning as it has to "perfect" the Cost Based Optimizer, DBAs will
>continue to be in demand for decades to come!
>
>Jack
>
>--------------------------------
>Jack C. Applewhite
>Database Administrator/Developer
>OCP Oracle8 DBA
>iNetProfit, Inc.
>Austin, Texas
>www.iNetProfit.com
>japplewhite_at_inetprofit.com
>(512)327-9068
>
> >>> ian_at_SLAC.Stanford.EDU 04/25/01 06:36PM >>>
>I foresee the database being sold as a turn key product configured by
>Oracle
>at a reduced price. In order to receive the discount the purchaser would
>have to agree not to mess with the init<SID>.ora parameters, nor take any
>action which would enable or disable any database options. "What?!, not
>change init.ora parameters", you scoff. Remember that Oracle 9i has some
>autotuning capability. I expect, at first, autotuning will not work as
>advertised, but over time will mature into a powerful product.
>
>Ian MacGregor
>
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