Unfortunately from where I sit, this is a common attitude. On 5/5/08, Goulet, Dick <richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Attitudes like that often cause people to walk out the door, which makes > for major problems elsewhere, like trying to replace a complete IT > department. > > > > HUMM, sounds like more work for people like me!! > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dick Goulet / *Capgemini* > North America P&C / East Business Unit > Senior Oracle DBA / Hosting > Office: 508.573.1978 / Mobile: 508.742.5795 / www.capgemini.com > Fax: 508.229.2019 / Email: *richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx* > 45 Bartlett St. / Marlborough, MA 01752 > > *Together: the Collaborative Business Experience * > ______________________________________________________________ > ------------------------------ > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *dba1 mcc > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:08 AM > *To:* rjoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* Re: Oracle out the door > > > > O.K. Upper level management may NOT care what kind of problem on SQL > Server. > My boss always say: I make decision and you fix problem. > > > *Rich Jesse <rjoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>* wrote: > > Having added SQL Server 2K/2K5 to my resume in the past year I can offer a > SQL Server hit list for the seasoned Oracle DBA: > > 10) Regular rebuilding of indexes and reclaiming space. > 9) Temp "result" tables are the norm for programming. > 8) Escalating Blocking Lock City! > 7) Cursors are evil here. > 6) Troubleshooting is easy: Reboot > 5) A hier-WHO-cical query??? > 4) Indexes mixed in with table pages ("Charlie Foxtrot" in military > jargon) > 3) Corrupted pages ("blocks" to the Ora DBA). > 2) Everything should be in "dbo", right? > 1) Welcome to 1990! > > Upper management probably won't care about any of this until it's too > late. > At least shoot for EnterpriseDB (paid PostgreSQL) -- they're specifically > targeting installed Oracle bases. > > GL! > > Rich > > > The new CIO at my current employer brings a lot of preternatural hate > > for Oracle licensing as well. So much so that the upcoming data > > warehouse project for our Oracle OLTP instance is slated to be on SQL > > Server. > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 1:39 PM, John Thompson wrote: > >> Company I work for just announced that we're going to convert all but 2 > of > >> our 89 Oracle databases to either SQL Server, MYSQL, or PostgreSQL. > This > >> is due to the high licensing cost. I'm bummed. > > > > -- > > Don Seiler > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http:/mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ%20> > > > > > > This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and > is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is > intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are not authorized to > read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or > any part thereof. If you receive this message > in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this > message. > >