On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:37:11 +0530
Nalin Savara <[email protected]> wrote:
[...]
> I shared a perspective about my excitement at the opportunity and
> challenges--- for the good folks at Oracle in terms of business model and
> strategy... on acquisition of a product that was till now open source.

> Personally I feel the opportunity to innovate on a business model and
> technology-- with total unconstrained freedom-- is a exciting challenge and
> opportunity-- notwithstanding any queasiness I and many more may have about
> Oracle's intentions.

This is clearly going nowhere, and I for one am going to let it
drop. However, at least as far as I am concerned active promotion
of proprietary companies, and espousal of their methodologies, is
not germane to this list.
> 
> ---
> Gora wrote:
> >
> >Customer discontent? Bah to you, and your ilk.
> >
> >
> 
> Gora, do not use language like "you and your ilk" upon me.
> 
> I respect your age, seniority and qualifications but even you better refrain
> from such personal attacks-- and limit yourself to debating and/or
> criticising the idea rather than degrading a individual's caste or
> ethnicity.
[...]

Er, what? In the context, "ilk" refers to people with positions
similar to yours. I am not sure how you managed to read that
statement as being about caste and ethnicity. In any case, such was
absolutely not my intention, and never will be.

Regards,
Gora

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