Well said Daniel. we should add 'Is the "Why Sign In" statement intended to be rhetorical'? > Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:54:27 -0500 > From: daniel.fink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: MOS down - Message to Chris Warticki > > Not that you will likely see this on Chris's blog - the last one I posted > never made it... > > In response to the current outage and Chris's posting about "Best Practices" > (http://blogs.oracle.com/Support/2010/01/oracle_support_new_year_back_t.html) > > Chris, > > Why are you blogging about 'Best Practices' when the 'Basic Practices' are > not functional? MOS is unreliable, hard to use and does not deliver > consistency in either results or access. I think it is time to go back to the > basics as MOS is down for a fair number of people today (4 Feb 2010). > > As for staying positive - that is simply unrealistic. If all you and Oracle > want to hear is positive, then you will consistently fail to deliver a usable > product. I have been witness to far too many systems/upgrades/projects that > fail because management only wants to hear positive. > > You should be asking us to stay constructive. Constructive is often negative, > but you learn most from those who disagree with you. > > When will Oracle acknowledge that MOS is not delivering the expected and > acceptable service? The perception of MOS and Oracle would be greatly > enhanced by Oracle saying "We are having problems. We know that the problems > are deeper than training and validation of single sign on. We know that the > problems are not the fault of the users, but are the fault of Oracle. We are > truly listening...here is the url independent of Oracle support to post > issues and get updates." > > Acknowledging a problem - That's the core Best Practice. > > Regards, > Daniel Fink > > ------------------------------------------- > Daniel Fink > > OptimalDBA http://www.optimaldba.com > Oracle Blog http://optimaldba.blogspot.com > > Lost Data? http://www.ora600.be/ > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/