Re: Application Server

On 23/05/06, Michael Fontana <MFontana_at_verio.net> wrote:
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> What if you worked at a shop where this mythical administrator you
> describe does not exist. Such being the case, wouldn't an existing
> Oracle DBA be more likely to adopt to the position than, say, a janitor,
> and developer or a reporting person?

Why not the sys admin then? - an app server has no relation to a database. People just assume there is because oracle is in the title

Also, isn't a database backend with a catalog which has a lot of
> similarities to the RDBMS catalog and it's objects heavily involved in
> AS administration. If no one else, wouldn't a person with Oracle DBA
> experience at least have a head start?

and for those with no database as a repository?

A DBA has no head start on an app server becuase it is a completely different piece of software

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