RE: Why "metastink" {or "fetidstink" !} ??

I am currently satisfied with MetaLink 2.0 -- I use it generally to search for information.

I hope the upgrade with Oracle's own CRM products would not be as non-working
as the first few maintenance releases of 11i were supposed to be.

Wonder what feedback prompted Oracle to decide upgrade (or "rewrite" !!) MetaLink -- and why we cannot provide ratings in the upgraded version.

Hemant K Chitale
Principal DBA
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd

"Orr, Steve" <sorr_at_rightnow.com> 04/01/2002 11:35 PM Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com

Please respond to ORACLE-L

                                                                                       
                        
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Well soon you'll have to make up a new term because Oracle is re-writing it and renaming it to something like eSupport and TAR's will become SR's. Supposedly Oracle is going to use their own CRM product for support. I asked
if we the end users will be able to rate the answers and the analysts like other CRM software does and was told that that feature wasn't planned until the second release of the product. :-( Still it's comforting to know that we
will be able to rate or berate the support analysts (not Anita) in about 1-2+ years.

Steve Orr

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Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

feel free to use the correct term, and i'll feel free to use metalstink :)

joe

hemantchitale_at_charteredsemi.com wrote:

>
> Why do a large number of postings refer to "MetaLink" as "MetaStink" (or
> "fetidstink") ?
> The only problem I have with MetaLink is that patch downloads fail
mid-way
> [yes, this is
> a "stink" problem particularly when I have downtime on the server but
don't
> have a patch ready !].
>
> Let's be gracious and use the proper name "MetaLink".
>
> [yeah, Larry could be "God Larry" or "King Larry"].
>
> Comments / brickbats [/boquets] anyone ?
>
> Hemant K Chitale
> Principal DBA
> Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd

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