The IOUG cannot live without Oracle's support, but Oracle can survive without the IOUG. IOUG may cause the rare stink, but it always does as Oracle instructs.
Michael Corey, erstwhile IOUG president, was going to force Oracle to change the date of its first OOW in the U.S. as it was scheduled at the same time as the IOUW. The latter had been scheduled for well over a year. The groundwork had not even started for OOW, but guess which one was moved. Teradata would not be the first product banned. Way back in olden-times the maker of SQR were banned, but I cannot remember why. The idea of the exhibit hall is for vendors to provide information on their products in respect to Oracle. Now a company wants to use the forum to convince people to stop using Oracle, or so Oracle apparently dreads. But, who goes to the conferences? Mainly DBA's and developers who have such a stake in Oracle that even if Teradata did everything that Oracle did, made breakfast, and washed the dishes, they would not recommend it. Oracle is risking bad public relations over nothing. Ian MacGregor Stanford Linear Accelerator Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 4:34 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I'm sorry but I thought that IOUG was independant from Oracle? If Larry is afraid of a little competition then perhaps he should get out of the market. If not then he should battle it out in every venue possible and show why Oracle is better. If Rich and the guys do this they will be setting a dangerous precedant. -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:59 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L DBA's Check the article's comment on Oracle trying to ban Teradata from IOUG Teradata Steals Oracle's Data Mart Users ... Teradata pushes consolidation and woos away Oracle customers. But Oracle strikes back. Sort of. Will bean counters surf the Web with Excel? Will Steve Ballmer and Larry Ellison become immortal? http://computerworld.com/newsletter/0%2C4902%2C78375%2C0.html?nlid=DM -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: James Howerton 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Tony Johnson 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: MacGregor, Ian A. 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
