On 06/08/2005 10:33:09 PM, Scott wrote: > All, For those of you who have met me over the past 12 > years I wanted to let you know I am leaving the Oracle > space. I have pretty much dedicated my last 12 years > to OPS and RAC and now I have decided to open a > coffee, Tea and Dessert cafe. The one thing I have > learned is that making coffee is whole lot easier than > than figuring out why Oracle does not perform well in > a clustered environment. >=20 > I still have 3 Sun clusters in my basement and and EMC > clariion so I will still probably play with RAC in my > spare time (if I have any). If any of you ever get to > Denver please look me up. >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Scott Heisey I have never met you and I heard a lot about your OPS/RAC course. I have se= cretly hoped to attend one of those phenomenal courses ever since I've first heard the t= ale of two Scotts (the=20 other Scott, of course, being Scott Gosset) and their exquisite internals c= ourses. I managed to=20 experience 50% of the planned fun but now you have put the other 50% perman= ently to rest. We=20 exchanged emails both privately and on this list and it has been a rare pl= easure. I wish you=20 all the best in this world.=20 As a European, I feel qualified to offer a bit of unsolicited advice: in de= ssert shop, every=20 item must contain cholesterol. No cholesterol - no taste. Desserts with no = taste are usually not a promising business, unless your name is Ronald MacDonald or Ray Croc. To make a long story short, I plan to look for dessert shop if fate or JetB= lue ever get me to=20 Denver. Oracle Corp. is now almost without cholesterol. You are closely fol= lowing the career of=20 Billy Bitsandbytes, my favorite character from Bruce Ellis's book "Hitchhik= ers Guide To VMS", the book you must have read as an old school oraclite and a cluster guy. Please, stay on the list and let us know the name of the shop. Dan Fink wil= l have to report about the goodies. --=20 Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l