Hey guys, in the name of all the persons (me too) who are not experts, genius, gurus, etc... Can we stop this useless discussion? I mean, the one that wants, just answer to Robert and let's to the rest of us to continue learning Oracle!
Just a comment ;-) Gabriel --- "MacGregor, Ian A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did read your post. I stated you were taking a > poll, the "popularity" characterization is no where > to be found in my message. Nor is there any > implication in my post that you were running a > "beauty contest". Perhaps my choice of the word > important instead of useful or informative was what > caused the confusion. > > Once one has acquired a certain amount of Oracle > expertise most posts are mere confirmations of what > one already knows, and things one learns from this > forum are added to that expertise increasing the > likelihood that future posts will be > reconfirmations. There are certainly persons whose > expertise greatly exceeds mine. These people are > most likely to post messages I find worth saving. > There are folks at roughly the same level. Nearly > all of their posts are reconfirmations, but there > are still many worth saving. There are those who I > would judge to have a poorer understanding of most > of Oracle, but have a better grasp on certain > specifics. Very few of their posts are worth > saving, but those which are, are as informative as > "expertise greatly exceeds" group. > > Along the same lines, no one on this group is > infallible. There are lurkers who post very > infrequently, but when they do demonstrate a very > detailed knowledge of a facet of Oracle when they > correct or complete answers given by folks rightly > held in high esteem. Your polling method would > miss these important posts. > > We are presently moving toward RMAN. I'm currently > saving many of your posts, but as I acquire more > knowledge and the new becomes second nature many of > those posts will lose their importance and be > discarded. There is a definite temporal element. > > All this indicates there is little use in saving all > the posts of anyone nor is discarding posts based > solely on who sent wise. > > Ian MacGregor > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 7:24 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Read the post Ian, this isn't a popularity poll, I > have no interest in those. I *HAVE* to cull out my > mail box for certain reasons I can't discuss at the > *moment*. I offered to provide a summary of the > results if the group was interested, but that's not > the purpose. > > The truth of the matter is that I have some 20,000 > messages to cull out, so I need to establish some > criteria on what to keep and what not to keep. My > thinking was that there are those who consistently > provide the most insight. That being the case, I > would make sure that they are the ones that get > stored for certain. > > >> Our levels of expertise on different aspects of > Oracle are eclectic. > Amen! > > > > Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP > Oracle Database Architect > CSX Midtier Database Administration > Author of several Oracle books you can find on > Amazon.com! > > Londo Mollari: Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in > the same package. How efficient of you. > > � > > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 8:44 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > You are taking a poll to find out which messages are > most important and > worth saving? How does that work? I keep > messages containing helpful > scripts, messages which eloquently and precisely > explain and or demonstrate Oracle concepts and > programming, messages on areas of which I am > ignorant, > and messages which disprove beliefs I have long > held. Even if we all used > the same criteria we would save different messages. > Our levels of expertise on different aspects of > Oracle are eclectic. > > > Ian MacGregor > Stanford Linear Accelerator Center > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 2:05 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Board - > > If you had to choose the 10 top posters here at > Oracle-L who provided the biggest input and > knowledge, who would they be? Who are the top 10 > Oracle Guru's on this news group? I'm asking > because my mailbox is FULL, and I have to trash a > large amount of the stored stuff thats here. I'm > going to archive some of it to CD, but I have > limited space, so I want to archive those people who > are constantly offering the most insightful advice > (I know it's available online, but I'm not always > online and it's nice to be able to search these > emails for targeted content). > > Anyone want to take a crack at a list? You are > welcome to email me private if you are afraid you > would hurt someone's feelings. I'd be happy to > compile the lists and report back to the group the > overall answers, but all email to me will be treated > as strictly confidential. > > > Robert > > > Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP > Oracle Database Architect > CSX Midtier Database Administration > Author of several Oracle books you can find on > Amazon.com! > > Londo Mollari: Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in > the same package. How efficient of you. > > � > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Freeman, Robert > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 > http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web > hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line > containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing > list you want to be removed from). 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