Re: Patch 9.2.07 for Linux

On 08/24/2005 08:25:55 PM, Pete Sharman wrote:
> Usually I don't reply to Mladen's rants, because I can't do anything about them. :) This time,
> however, he took my name in vain so maybe I should see if I can use some of those skills that
> those of us that are parents need to use to deal with teenagers to calm him down. ;)

I doubt that you can calm me down when I am freshly awaken, even with all your admirable skills. I need my beauty sleep and sleep deprivation makes me grumpy. When I come to think of that, many other things make me grumpy. Your name, however, wasn't mentioned in a bad context. You have always been honest and gave honest answers. As a matter of fact, you are one of the people that I'd really like to meet.

>
> Firstly, let me make it clear that I don't believe there is anyone on this list, either using an
> Oracle employee ID like I do or using a private email address, that can comment officially from the > corporation perspective on emails such as this. I know of a few Oracle employees on this list, and > I'm sure that there are others that I don't know of, who monitor the list purely and simply to
> provide technical input and help out where they can. That's all I can do, and it's all any of us
> can do. There are official channels for making comments like the ones Mladen has, and getting
> responses on them. This list is clearly not one of them.

Well, this list is good for venting out frustrations. If I ever wrote a piece like that on Metalink, using my companies CSI, I'd be fired immediately. Here, it's a free for all: my own email, from the comfort of my favorite armchair and my very own charming personality, without the corporate veneer.

>
> Coming back to why I haven't been responding to many emails on this list, it stems from two
> main causes. Firstly, as Nuno already commented I've been dealing with a health issue.
> I damaged my back (again) in late March, which finally resulted in a second round of back surgery
> at the end of July. During the intervening period, it's been difficult to even keep up with my
> real job let alone looking at emails. Secondly, at about the same time, I moved into a new role
> at Oracle, working in RAC development. Since I had to suddenly learn a lot of stuff that I hadn't
> needed to know in detail in my previous role, all the brain cells I have for Oracle work are now
> totally full with 10.2 RAC. Anything earlier than that has fallen off the LRU end of the BCBC
> (brain cell buffer chain). Once you guys catch up with me and start using 10.2 in anger, I might
> be able to help out more. ;)
>

Pete, get better soon! I feel guilty for bantering with an injured person. I'd wish you to break your leg, but I'm afraid that this traditional American phrase might be misunderstood under the circumstances.

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Mladen Gogala
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