RE: Fairly Boring News Article on Oracle

Continuing... they mentioned Web Services at the MS trial recently, apparently within Sun the meaning is not clear:

http://www.wired.com/news/antitrust/0,1551,51674,00.html

Could just be confusion at the management level though.

Regards,
Patrice Boivin
Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)

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Scott Shafer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boivin, Patrice J [SMTP:BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca]
>
> I think this is good news, Oracle accepting these user groups.
>

• Assimilation can not be far off. This is a bad thing. So much for an independent viewpoint.

> It's probably the most cost-efficient, effective way for Oracle to get
> honest feedback on how to improve their products.
>

• Aka, get the marketing materials to damagement types who skulk to techie conferences like parasitic leeches. Oracle doesn't care about honest feedback - just selling more product. Hence the mafia/drug dealer like pricing scale and sales tactics.
  >
  > The better their products, the more successful they will be it seems to
  > me.
  >
  
• Wrong. See above. The more people who buy their products, the more successful they will be. Quality is rarely a consideration. It worked for Micro$oft.
  >
  > Regards,
  > Patrice Boivin
  > Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
  >
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