Re: Newbie's Oracle 9i impression: it sucks

David Fitzjarrell wrote:

> Apparently you have trouble distinguishing a public forum from your
> place of residence; this is NOT America, it is a NEWSGROUP. Yes, you
> may freely express your opinions here (within a reasonable boundary)
> but, in doing so, you open yourself up to others who have the same
> right to issue comments and opinions that you enjoy. Yes, Jim Kennedy
> did not exercise great restraint (nor any excruciating stretch of
> intellect) in his comments, however to lower yourself to his level did
> your image absolutely no good.
>
> Remember, too, that your topic was, to say the least, provocative
> (some might say assinine). I'm certain that few, if any, would call
> it insightful since it consisted of nothing but software bashing at
> the most base level, a technique guaranteed to generate some irate
> responses. Then you compound such verbiage with personal attacks,
> which is juvenile behaviour at it's worst. Anyone as 'intelligent' as
> you claim to be would have taken the 'high road' and left the
> grade-school antics at the door. You've, instead, chosen to fuel this
> fire; you, therefore, reap what you sow and have no valid reason to
> complain about the quality of the harvest.
>
> sqljoe_at_aol.com (SQLJoe) wrote in message news:<20020517103606.06742.00000291_at_mb-cg.aol.com>...
> > >bad timing, bad education, bad attitude. three good triggers in this ng
> > >for this reaction. OK, back to the box now... <G>
> > >
> > >--
> > >Cheers
> > >Nuno Souto
> > >nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam
> > >
> >
> >
> > You are entitled to your opinions. But let me remind you this is America and I
> > can express my opinions freely. And I think your attitude is very pathetic and
> > your narrow mindedness indicative of your narrow education.
> >
> > Jinsoo
> > MCDBA, MCSD, MCSE+I
Well said. And I might add that should it continue ... a copy of the abusive postings will be forwarded to abuse_at_aol.com and I have found in the past that they are quite good at solving such problems ... by closing accounts.

Daniel Morgan Received on Mon May 20 2002 - 10:50:10 CDT