Re: Re:RE: RE: Oracle DBA evolution path - please share your opi

[Michael Netrusov]

Title: RE: Re:RE: RE: Oracle DBA evolution path - please share your opi

I think I forgot to put a smile in my previous letter.  Sorry, I didn't mean to offend all the respectable software development companies.   I didn't speak only about developers .. Developers are responsible for the code, DA is responsible for the ER-model, DBA is responsible for support / maintenance. All of those people are responsible for the end product.  Take PeopleSoft, Oracle Applications, Platinum, Scala, etc - all of those products are known for their overcomplicated maintenance. Do those companies have time / money to redesign / rewrite their products? Yes. Do they do it? No. It's all about the enormous amount of money they make on customization / support.  The DA's and developers can be well-meaning though and never be aware of the whole plan :-)).   Regards, Michael Netrusov, www.atelo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacques Kilchoer To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 14:01 Subject: RE: Re:RE: RE: Oracle DBA evolution path - please share your opi > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Netrusov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Yes, you are absolutely right, nobody is having interest in > selling quality products. > Money is coming from the support of the product, not from the > selling of the product itself. If the product is well-written, then > it'll be no big deal with maintenance, hence no money from > contractors who support and "customize" the application ( > read: fix the > numerous bugs on fly and try to make the whole $hit work ). > The more complicated the product, the more money is paid for it's > maintenance. The more money is paid, the more people are is > interested in working with it.  The only problem is to sell the whole > stuff - but it's only a matter of the sales department' qualification. Coming from a development company, I think I have to point out that in my humble opinion the statements above are an unfair generalization. I think developpers in general try to produce a well-written product, and the fact that products get more complicated is that users expect more features from newer versions. To give an analogy, if I posted on this list "all DBAs try to have a database that requires a lot of manual maintenance and don't document anthing - that's in their interest for job security", I'm sure there would be a general outcry. ------ any ignorant comments made are the sole responsibility of J. R. Kilchoer and should not reflect adversely upon my employer.   Jacques R. Kilchoer (949) 754-8816 Quest Software, Inc. 8001 Irvine Center Drive Irvine, California 92618 U.S.A. http://www.quest.com