Re: Oracle 9i first impressions.

From: Daniel A. Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2001 06:18:42 -0700
Message-ID: <3B485DB2.89EF69E9@exesolutions.com>

"Howard J. Rogers" wrote:

> "Ux" <dontsendmemail_at_bogusmailaddress.com> wrote in message
> news:oST17.9237$Fy3.803829_at_bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> >
> > "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr_at_www.com> wrote in message
> > news:3b47e0e5_at_news.iprimus.com.au...
> > >
> > > "Ux" <dontsendmemail_at_bogusmailaddress.com> wrote in message
> > > news:lVI17.8430$Fy3.741812_at_bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> > > > > This has been posted *numerous* times to this group.
> > > >
> > > > So???
> > > >
> > > > Old newsgroup messages get cleaned and not everyobody is able to read
> > > > *every* message posted here day in and day out.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > True enough ...but I think the real point being made was that posters
 here
> > > should familiarise themselves with the Google Usenet archive... a great
> > > source of old info that can be searched relatively painlessly.
> >
> > This is an online community and somebody would come in and start a
> > conversation (thread). Repeated or not, that's the way it is.
> >

>

> And do you walk in to a crowded room and just start talking away without at
> least taking a moment to familiarise yourself with what is being said and
> what the topic of conversation is? A person risks making a complete ass of
> himself if he does so.

>

> Online communities, like off-line ones, have basic standards of politeness
> and decenct behaviour, and in this particular community, the general
> standard appears to be (a) read the relevant documentation before asking a
> question (b) check the group's current messages for similar questions before
> asking your version of it and (c) do yourself a favour by at least having a
> go at reviewing prior posts in the Google archive.

>

> Lots of people appear not to bother with one or other of these precepts, and
> that's fair enough (particularly if they don't know about Google, for
> example) -but you can expect fairly terse replies if you don't, including
> the one that appears to have annoyed you (which I didn't make,
> incidentally).

>

> HJR

>
> >

Well said. You expressed my opinion with clarity far better than I could.

Daniel A. Morgan Received on Sun Jul 08 2001 - 08:18:42 CDT