ODTUG is not Oracle. It's an independent user group. But you'd still think Oracle would give them a sweet deal. :-)
Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 1:41 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: Oracle in the news > > > Oh, this is just too much. > > Oracle contracting out to a SQL Server shop to save $$. > > Hell just froze over. > > Jared > > > > > > DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 03/17/2003 11:19 AM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: Oracle in the news > > > From the Robert X. Cringely column in InfoWorld: > > Oracle slammed and exposed > > Although Microsoft catches a lot of heat for using rival software > within its own walls, it was discovered recently Oracle > uses Microsoft's SQL Server database, among other things. > > That's right, and chief Larry Ellison was forced to suck it > up and admit this, albeit internally, when Oracle was > struck by the SQL Slammer virus. In a memo that I obtained > on the down-low, Ellison wrote that Slammer slowed Oracle's > global network. "It seems we have a few copies of the > Microsoft SQL Server database on our network," Larry wrote. > "We need the SQL Server machines to test the Oracle > database and make certain it interoperates properly with > the Microsoft database. However, we do not need to attach > the Microsoft machines to our network and will not do so in > the future." > > That is not all, though. A spy of mine was using the Oracle > Development Tools User Group management facility to change > his member-name password. All of a sudden he got an error > regarding the Microsoft Jet database engine and some > related difficulty. Shocked, he wired the user group > administrative listserver and was told that the work is > contracted out because retaining an Oracle-based shop for > the management of the service would be prohibitively > expensive. > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > 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: > 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: 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).
