Re: recent drivel posted by Tony Rogerson on his blog

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:22:28 -0700
Message-ID: <1191356535.931963@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

Barry Bulsara wrote:
> On Oct 2, 4:53 pm, DA Morgan <damor..._at_psoug.org> wrote:
>

>> it will never work. Anyone trying to use Oracle that doesn't understand
>> rollback/undo segments is doomed. And you won't find them by looking up
>> things you already know because they do not exist in any product derived
>> from Ingres.

>
> This argument is just not thought through Daniel. How do you know this
> doesn't exist in any product derived from Ingres. It doesn't now, but
> how about next year, or the one after. Versions of SQL Server, and
> Oracle, are being released all the time. The lineage of a product does
> not preclude rich functionality being added in latter versions.
>
> Your argument is like saying that as our distant ancestors don't have
> an opposable thumbs, we can't and never can have as we have evolved
> from them.
>
> Barry

I don't write based on a crystal ball, tarot cards, or ouija board. Perhaps time machines will exist in the future too but I don't write SQL statements based on future insert statements.

Your attempt to be critical is stretching more than a few light years. The statement was true yesterday. It is true today. I'll let tomorrow take care of itself as neither one of us may still be here. That too is unknown.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org

Received on Tue Oct 02 2007 - 15:22:28 CDT