Re: MetaLink, Articles, forums

From: Alex Hudghton <alex_at_alenda.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:37:08 +0100
Message-ID: <7qlcvl$r72$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk>

> Are they all categorizied by Article-ID?
> IMO, it would be more convenient to be able searching through
> the all articles in a local network.
> (Our Net connection is lazy).
> I would guess they can sell CDs...

It's a web site with a search engine - why not have a look?

> >Smaller ? Metalink is accessible to all Oracle Support customers. This
> >is very big group.
> >
> >They pay for the privilege through licensing
>
> Bigger but IMO quieter group. (I saw only ODBC forum...)
> I don't consider forum to be a privilege. People
> (including guys from ORACLE support)
> are free to respond or not to respond.
> And you are loosing e.g.: deja.com archive
> and search engine support. You are forced to
> learn another way how to get information you want.

Metalink is NOT a newsgroup - its a web site for Oracle Customers who have support contracts.

Alex Received on Thu Sep 02 1999 - 03:37:08 CDT