Yep...I do...including letting some air out of the tires to go beach running, and deep woods camping which is I why I chose something I could actually go off road with rather than just a yuppie shopping cart. Even though it's on concrete/asphalt my teenagers think it rather funny that I will bump up over curbs and cut across a median to get away from traffic.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bruce Nichol Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 3:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Cost of Oracle vs PICK Goo'day, At 13:42 18/05/04, you wrote: >OK...I confess..I have a Ford Exploder.. > >But I do drive it off-road What? Off road?? Does this mean you park it on the footpath, out the front of your house? You actually take it off the concrete driveway? B..... h...! (Ray-speak) You're game!! <sardonic grin> ><snip> > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dawn M. Wolthuis >Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 11:14 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [U2] Cost of Oracle vs PICK > > >At the risk of answering even thought some want to kill this thread, I >suspect that a considerable number of those gas guzzlers were sold to small >businesses who have been given a HUGE incentive to buy vehicles over 6,000 >pounds. I consider THAT a bigger problem than the numbers of people who >would have bought them anyway. > >I think that in general, companies try to get a big bang for the buck. When >they decide that SQL Server is a good idea, they are thinking that they can >get big things on little boxes and this will save them money or give them an >advance in the integration of their windows software with their database. >Even with Oracle, I don't think that most of it is a muscle-flexing thing, >but I could be wrong. > >--dawn > >Dawn M. Wolthuis >Tincat Group, Inc. >www.tincat-group.com > >Take and give some delight today. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Will > > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 9:42 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [U2] Cost of Oracle vs PICK > > > > When you can explain why people purchase huge, gas-guzzling 4 wheel drive > > vehicles that will never be "off-road" maybe you will know why companies > > Must > > have Oracle! > > > > Patrick "Will" Williams, President > > American Computer Technics, Inc. > > 919-567-0042 Raleigh, NC > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dawn M. Wolthuis > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 1:47 PM > > Subject: RE: [U2] Cost of Oracle vs PICK > > > > > > But people keep making this seeming mistake. Does their company get so > > much > > better that they make up these costs in new revenue or what? --dawn > > > > Dawn M. Wolthuis > > Tincat Group, Inc. > > www.tincat-group.com > > > > Take and give some delight today. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 3:04 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [U2] Cost of Oracle vs PICK > > > > > > In talking to companies that have converted to Oracle from PICK the > > cost > > > seems > > > to be running around five times the annual cost on their annual budget > > > once the > > > system has been installed. That does not include the many millions > > that > > > can be > > > spent in the conversion process. > > > Larry Okeson VP > > > Software Search Atlanta > > > 800-949-5423 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------- > > > u2-users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users >------- >u2-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users >------- >u2-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users > > > >-- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 7.0.241 / Virus Database: 262.10.1 - Release Date: 16/05/04 Regards, Bruce Nichol Talon Computer Services ALBURY NSW 2640 Australia Tel: +61 (0)411149636 Fax: +61 (0)260232119 If it ain't broke, fix it till it is! -- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 7.0.241 / Virus Database: 262.10.1 - Release Date: 16/05/04 ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
