It's the one about money.
; )
You know, when I was a university student I used to deliver restaurant food
to customers. The company I worked for delivered food from different
restaurants: Indian, Italian, Lebanese, Algerian, Mandarin...
One of the people in a rich neighborhood asked me if I was well on my way to
becoming a millionaire, as if everyone in his neighborhood expected this as
a matter of course. I think he believed I ran the business by myself.
I was about 22 at the time, I'm afraid I didn't pull it off - I became a DBA
instead.
I am thinking now that if I had started a small business, I would have had a
better chance, it's practically impossible to become rich when you're stuck
with a salary - better job security, but the tradeoff is no money.
I still remember my Microsoft instructor who drove to work in his Porsche...
(sigh)
Patrice Boivin
Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
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Of course, Patrice, we know there is only one of those goals you've
listed
that you haven't met. We're just not sure which one. ;o)
--- "Boivin, Patrice J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think these are just statements of direction...
>
> I set goals for myself all the time, setting them is a lot easier
than
> reaching them!
>
> If I had met my goals, by now I would be a millionaire, perfectly
fit,
> pleasant to everyone, intelligent, perceptive, street wise, useful
to
> everyone who comes in contact with me, etc. etc.
>
> I am way behind where I should be!
>
> : )
>
> Patrice Boivin
> Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
>
> Systems Admin & Operations | Admin. et Exploit. des syst�mes
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack C. Applewhite [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 10:56 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: OT: Reading the Oracle Tea Leaves
>
> Ian,
>
> Past history forces me to disagree. If it takes Oracle as
long to
> "perfect"
> AutoTuning as it has to "perfect" the Cost Based Optimizer,
DBAs
> will
> continue to be in demand for decades to come!
>
> Jack
>
> --------------------------------
> Jack C. Applewhite
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> OCP Oracle8 DBA
> iNetProfit, Inc.
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> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/25/01 06:36PM >>>
> I foresee the database being sold as a turn key product
configured
> by Oracle
> at a reduced price. In order to receive the discount the
purchaser
> would
> have to agree not to mess with the init<SID>.ora parameters,
nor
> take any
> action which would enable or disable any database options.
"What?!,
> not
> change init.ora parameters", you scoff. Remember that
Oracle 9i has
> some
> autotuning capability. I expect, at first, autotuning will
not work
> as
> advertised, but over time will mature into a powerful
product.
>
> Ian MacGregor
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