Oracle-L: RE: More on the OCP priceing

From: Robertson Lee - lerobe <lerobe_at_acxiom.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 01:33:19 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00496202.20020712013319@fatcity.com>

Utter bollocks.

All that means is it will be cash rich companies (or well to do individuals) who can afford to put their employees/themselves through this training.

I was attempting to persuade (unsuccessfully) my company to put me through the certification process before all of this. I am sure I could get through it and pass but I have absolutely no chance of doing this now what with budgetary constraints being what they are in the present climate

GRRRRRRRRR -----Original Message-----
Sent: 11 July 2002 19:39
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

List,
Received this from the searchdatabase.com site about Oracle defending the OCP pricing.

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LEAD STORY ORACLE U. DEFENDS OCP TITLE | SearchDatabase Defending their new DBA certification requirement against critics who say it's costly and unnecessary, Oracle described the move as part of a new strategy to ensure that only top-shelf candidates receive the company's stamp of approval.

For the full details, click:
http://www.searchdatabase.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid13_gci837964,00.ht ml

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Check out our Featured Topic on database certifications: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid13_gci754839, 00.html

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Interesting read....
ROR mª¿ªm
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