Re: comp.oracle.databases.server vs ORACLE-L: deathmatch

Hi,

Paul Drake schrieb:
>
> I have to say that the newsgroup comp.oracle.databases.server is much
> more NT Friendly.
> (IOUG: Did anything happen from IOUG concerning the ORACLE-NT-L mailing
> list?)
> Not just Jonathan Lewis, but Sybrand Baker, Howard Rodgers, Ricky
> Sanchez put out some pretty good stuff.
>

well, I guess a lot of smaller shops run NT, so I think it's pretty obvious that
you'll find more NT stuff. I don't have write access to the newsgroup since I can't
use news at work and deja vu did a "shutdown abort".

> I'd post to the ORACLE-L from work - but its a long story.
> Basically, I'm subscribed at work in DIGEST mode, but I can't get out of
> it.
> So I post when I get home from the home mail account that I can't use
> from work.
>
> Yes, most of the newsgroup is junk, but lately, I'd say that the
> signal-to-noise ratio is comperable to ORACLE-L.

i think the signal-to-noise ratio is ok in the mailing list. Especially if you compare it to other newsgroups like comp.lang.java.*. There's so much trash in there.

> Best thing is - its threaded. Email just plain sucks. Threading rules
> (not in an OS - just in messages).
> and there's (practically) no lag.
>
> So in a deathmatch, the interested newsgroup readers/posters would have
> won the competition 2 hours before the first post was received by all
> the ORACLE-L subscribers.
>
> just my opinion.
>
> the attached is typical for the material I see in the newsgroup.
>
> Paul

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