Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-09-07 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
Oracle thinks the combined readership of Oracle Magazine and Profit Magazine is about 1 million. Sounds plausible to me. Of those 1 million, about 10 will see the ugly pictures of me in the November issue. Two of them will remember it. The other one will be my financee Anette, who also works

Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-09-07 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
it in a completely different light! Or maybe not. Mogens Tanel Poder wrote: RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year) hmmm... award to Mogens maybe for writing 'You Don't Need RAC' paper I think his next paper will 'You don't need Grid Computing' ... g I certainly hope it won't be You

Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-09-07 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
And Tom Kyte is Author of the Year, by the way. Man, I feel honored and humble at being in company with Arup and Tom on this stuff. At least they do real work. All directors do is talk to other directors on the mobile or have lunch with other directors. Niall Litchfield wrote: Congratulations

Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-09-07 Thread Mladen Gogala
On 2003.09.07 04:19, Mogens Nørgaard wrote: Oracle thinks the combined readership of Oracle Magazine and Profit Magazine is about 1 million. Sounds plausible to me. Of those 1 million, about 10 will see the ugly pictures of me in the November issue. Two of them will remember it. The other one

Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-09-07 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
Nope, no Bill O'Reilly isn't available here. What is it and how can I learn more about him? As for the pictures, you won't believe how fat I look. In other words, it was a good photographer who managed to capture me as I am. Here in this country we consider anyone weighing less than 100 kilos

Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-09-07 Thread Mladen Gogala
On 2003.09.07 05:04, Mogens Nørgaard wrote: Nope, no Bill O'Reilly isn't available here. What is it and how can I learn more about him? I would enjoy providing a detailed response but I doubt that Jared would tolerate such an excursion into political pamphlets. I'll send you a private response

Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Prem Khanna J
Let me also join the list in congratulating one of the Oracle Gurus whom i admire. Jp. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Prem Khanna J INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California

Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Tanel Poder
RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year) hmmm... award to Mogens maybe for writing 'You Don't Need RAC' paper I think his next paper will 'You don't need Grid Computing' ... g I certainly hope it won't be You don't need Oracle or something similar ;) Tanel. -- Please see the official

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Anderson, Brian
related the method of milking a nanny goat who has mastitis (yes, carefully and gently for starters, watch the horns...) :-) Is this going to be a session at Hotsos or OracleWorld? ;) -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Anderson, Brian INET: [EMAIL

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Wolfe Stephen S GS-11 6 MDSS/SGSI
PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 7:54 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year) I think that it is Oracle Magazine that is actually awarding this, isn't it? That provides a clue to the source and methods... Does anyone

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Subject: Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year) I think that it is Oracle Magazine that is actually awarding this, isn't it? That provides a clue to the source and methods... Does anyone pay for a subscription to Oracle Magazine? Probably not -- the price of subscription is generally

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Thater, William
DENNIS WILLIAMS scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: Stephen To copy from Alcoholics Anonymous, I'm Dennis and I'm a DBA. I've been promoting an idea of a Guild of Oracle DBAs. Nobody would be allowed to call themselves an Oracle DBA without our permission. An organization

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Bill - Oh yeah, you'd be a founding member for sure. A history of participation on this list would surely be all the necessary qualification. Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:05 PM To: Multiple

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Thater, William
DENNIS WILLIAMS scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: Bill - Oh yeah, you'd be a founding member for sure. A history of participation on this list would surely be all the necessary qualification. OK so when do we start?;-) kidding aside, this does sound like a good idea. an independent

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Bob Metelsky
alification. OK so when do we start?;-) kidding aside, this does sound like a good idea. an independent group of professionals. -- An independent array or redundant professionals ;-) Sorry I couldn't resist Have a good holiday all! -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year) JBOD - Just A Bunch Of DBAs. Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread PSherman
Thater, William [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/29/2003 05:04 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year) DENNIS WILLIAMS scribbled on the wall

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Mladen Gogala
PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 5:29 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)Then suggested names should closely follow: Guild of Oracle Professionals (GOP, or GOOP, depending on how you feel about it) Current Organization

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread Jared . Still
IT is time to take this thread to the OT list. Mladen Gogala [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/29/2003 03:09 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To:Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-29 Thread John Kanagaraj
kidding aside, this does sound like a good idea. an independent group of professionals. And if you are looking for an independent group of 'Oracle' professionals, you always have the IOUG. Granted, we have our share of Developers (!) but then all good DBAs probably were Developers at some point

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-28 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year) Congratulations Arup !! Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-28 Thread Hallas, John, Tech Dev
Not being a party pooper but what does DBA of the Year actually mean. What criteria was used. How can Oracle know about a quarter of a million DBA's unless it monitors tars raised. John -Original Message- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 August 2003 15:54 To: Multiple recipients of

Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-28 Thread AK
Congrates Arup !!! You doing a great job . -ak - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 7:54 AM Just came to know from CTOUG news that Oracle has chosen Arup Nanda(our List member) as DBA of the Year.

Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-28 Thread Binley Lim
Oracle has chosen our very own CTOUG board member, Arup Nanda, as the DBA of the Year, out of some quarter million DBAs worldwide. There will be a Not taking anything from Arup, but .out of some quarter million DBAs worldwide??? Are you trying to be Comical Ali, the second? -- Please see

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-28 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Oh no! Somebody's jealous. My guess is CTOUG is the Connecticut Oracle Users's Group. You probably weren't in the running, if your email address indicates you aren't a member. John, we're all very appreciative of you as well. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-28 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Oops, looks like the egg is on my face. Mea culpa, didn't read the messages carefully enough, made assumptions. Apologies all around. Now he slinks back to his cube. Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, August 28,

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-28 Thread Mladen Gogala
Well, as a person who has survived with Arup one minor and non-exacting project (moving 1TB OPS database from Siemens--HP, from V7--8i, simultaneously, over a single weekend, with rather simple twists, like finding the right patch for Dev 2000 to continue working, utilizing listener load

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-28 Thread Pete Sharman
And did you really think we DON'T monitor tars raised??? :) Pete Controlling developers is like herding cats. Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook Oh no, it's not. It's much harder than that! Bruce Pihlamae, long term Oracle DBA. -Original Message- Hallas, John, Tech Dev Sent: Friday,

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-28 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year) hmmm... award to Mogens maybe for writing 'You Don't Need RAC' paper I think his next paper will 'You don't need Grid Computing' ... g Raj Rajendra dot

RE: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-28 Thread Niall Litchfield
Congratulations indeed Arup. Well deserved. I believe that Mogens is also named Educator of the Year. Niall -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 August 2003 15:54 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Re: Congratulations Arup (DBA of the Year)

2003-08-28 Thread Tim Gorman
I think that it is Oracle Magazine that is actually awarding this, isn't it? That provides a clue to the source and methods... Does anyone pay for a subscription to Oracle Magazine? Probably not -- the price of subscription is generally to fill out a real or virtual subscription card, on which