Louis Frolio wrote:
> Why does this forum have to be so confrontational?
Possibly because a significant percentage of the people asking questions
fall into one or more of the following categories
- They are unwilling to read the manual (or any book for that matter);
- They assuming Oracle is the same as other RDBMSs and must behave the
same;
- They are unwilling to provide the sufficient environment information or
background, but still expect respondents to respond accurately;
- They are unwilling to accept that there are several ways of accomplishing
similar tasks, and unwilling to accept that choosing the correct technique
requires further information;
- They, or their organization, are too cheap/reluctant/stupid/other to get
a supported version (and support and metalink access) and expect the
newsgroup attendees to provide such information for free;
- They filter supporting information under the assumption that it is
'irrelevant' (ref #3, #4);
- They are unwilling to explain why the urgency or technique has been
chosen;
- They are unwilling to listen (which can be mutual);
- They are unwilling to experiment.
While I frequently cringe at his choice of language, I find many of
Sybrand's harsh posts are directed at people who fall into one or more of
the above. Like it or not, IMO it does serve a purpose.
(You *did* ask ....)
/Hans
Received on Mon Sep 20 2004 - 18:20:06 CDT
