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LOL!
Todd Carlson
Oracle 8i Certified DBA
Bunge North America
Robertson To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Lee - lerobe <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
<lerobe_at_acxio cc:
m.co.uk> Subject: RE: OT: Just chatter about
Sent by: Wireless costs and PocketDBA
root_at_fatcity.
com
07/06/2001
10:56 AM
Please
respond to
ORACLE-L
Look out, you may go blind !!
:-)
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Sent: 06 July 2001 14:57
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I agree, I love my Palm:)
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Smith
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 5:55 PM
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But you can play games on them. I actually used to think the same way
until
the company agreed to by me one. Since I use Outlook so much they are
actually
quite nice to have. Now, instead of carrying a day timer I carry a Palm.
Makes
life easier for me. Now I am going to go get the software to hook it up
to my GPS.
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Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 1:41 PM
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Ross,
What I was talking about is the added expense of wireless connectivity
for a
PDA. Personally I don't own a PDA and have no desire to do so.
Dick Goulet
____________________Reply Separator____________________ Author: "Mohan; Ross" <MohanR_at_STARS-SMI.com> Date: 7/5/2001 11:19 AM
While i don't shared DG's feelings
about the size and resource consumption
of the PocketDBA, I do share his feelings about the cost of the wireless
access.
Around here, Ricochet for the Palm PDA
runs about 50$ a month or so. What bullsh*t!
When I get wireless for an additional 10$ a month, I'll jump at it.
Until then, if my company thinks RF'ing in with my PDA is any different
than
coming in with T1+ speed broadband, i
am sure they'll let me know....
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 2:57 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Where I am the amount is zero as we all have remote access from home
already.
What one can quantify is the amount of extra $ it costs for a VPN dial-up
line
vs. the wireless connectivity this monster requires. Now that comes to
something (what I am not privy to), so good-bye PocketDBA.
Dick Goulet
____________________Reply Separator____________________ Author: DBarbour_at_austin.isd.tenet.edu Date: 7/5/2001 10:21 AM
If only it were this simple:
"......quantify the amount of time and money their companies would save if their DBAs.....could remotely...
remove from the database a user who is running a command that is holding up the system."
David A. Barbour
Oracle DBA, OCP
AISD
512-414-1002
"Grabowy,
Chris" To: Multiple recipients of
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01:01 PM
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Ari and his company have been noted in InfoWorld...
Thursday, July 5, 2001
REDUCING THE COST OF DBAS Posted at June 29, 2001 01:01 PM PST Pacific
I'LL LEAVE IT to my readers to quantify the amount of time and money their companies would save if their DBAs (database administrators) could remotely, and wirelessly, make changes to their databases. Imagine the efficiencies in not having to call a DBA back to the office to add table space to a database, look at what indexes exist and modify table structures, give a new password to a user who has forgotten it, or remove from the database a user who is running a command that is holding up the system.
You can accomplish these and many other corrective measures using the application PocketDBA, available from the company of the same name.
I spoke with Ari Kaplan, CEO and co-founder of PocketDBA, in Chicago. His background includes 10 years at Oracle, where he oversaw the implementation of some of the largest Oracle database deployments in the world, such as Hallmark's Web site and Merck's entire order-entry and inventory system. Kaplan believes his company's wireless DBA package is more robust than Oracle's own desktop Enterprise Manager.
PocketDBA, which can currently be implemented on a Palm OS device and will soon be available for Pocket PCs, will appear for Microsoft's SQL Server and IBM's DB2 next year.
Go to http://www.pocketdba.com for a demo.
Fed up with ActiveSync
Remember two weeks ago when I said that I did not want work-arounds to my problem in which ActiveSync did not recognize the USB ports on three separate computers (see Wireless World, June 18)? Here's a typical example of the e-mails I've received that prove my point.
"I had a similar but intermittent problem with my iPaq using ActiveSync on a Toshiba laptop," one reader wrote. "I installed the Compaq ROM BIOS update last month and haven't seen the problem since.
"The update is Version 1.77, and you can download it from
http://www.compaq.com/support/files/handhelds/us/download/9820.html.
Also ActiveSync 3.1 (Build 9587) has some fixes for USB
support. Build 9587 is available at
http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/downloads/activesync.asp."
So what about the folks who can't complain in a public forum? Does anyone bother to tell them what build to use or where to download the correct BIOS version? Now I really want my money back. How about you?
More on accidents and wireless alerts
Despite the claim from automakers that batteries are rarely disabled in a collision, which they admit would disable the emergency wireless alert, I received numerous e-mails to the contrary.
Read their views online. A few excerpts will suffice.
"The sign pole went through the grill and neatly sliced off a lower corner of my 5-day-old battery."
"Driving a '95 Porsche 911 Coupe, ... [the other] car hit me at a 90-degree angle. The impact cracked the battery case and cut off all electrical power to the car instantly."
"A pickup made a left turn right in front of us. ...The battery [in our Saturn] was crushed."
"In a low-speed collision, one of the battery cables fell into the path of the radiator fan. ... It was sheared in half."
"Driving a Volvo station wagon, ... [the] impact crushed the front of the car. I remember being surprised how flat the battery was."
Nuff said.
Write to me at ephraim_schwartz_at_infoworld.com.
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