The day developers can write code that compiles the first time, then yes, otherwise, jesus, no.

I work as an Oracle DBA for a mid-size company, and I provide a day-old cleaned copy of production in a different environment/box, and it does the trick.

Playbooks aren't designed during the game, and the execution plan is decided by the offensive co-ordinator on the sidelines.

Arguably the players who suffer the most amount of concussions are the linemen, and I hate to generalize, but there is a reason these guys don't pick the plays.

Ask and you shall recieve...

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*cough* counterstrike *hack*

Could be the piss poor job of marketing BlackBerry does. Arguably Apple is the advert king, and despite the strengths and weaknesses of each device, this could definitely make a considerable impact on what the sheeple purchase.

Just a thought, however.

You must be a salesperson. I'm not a technology zealot, but Oracle is by far the most superior product in the market for mid ot large size datasets serving mid to large size queries (carefully chosen words ;) ). I realize you can polish and sell a turd, but Oracle's scaling, robustness, and attention to detail regarding the optimization of its core engine, is what sells it, and has for the past ~30 years.

Now MS has the exact same yammering salespeople who drive me nuts when they tout the strength of their package, but I've explored it with the intimate detail that only a DBA can.

Read my lips: Its crap.

When you start to pull away from the sales pitch, super easy install, and drop and go fascade, you quickly unveil a half working SQL engine, a busted backup model, and an internal engine that turns itself into muck heaven forbid if anybody hit it with any sort of large query.

Sorry, its the Oracle DBMS engine that has made them the big bucks. Don't even get me started on Oracle forms and reports.

I think it would sink the company. The more acquistions Oracle buys, the farther away from their source market they get.

Oracle can invest all the capital they want, all I want is a decent install package for the Oracle Instant Client.

Concentrate on what made you those bucks Oracle.

I disagree. MS software has a huge association factor with it. Most people, my mom included, can navigate the UI blindfolded. That counts for something.

Its almost as if they don't want you to be able to listen to the music, period.

It's the rosetta stone, literally, it's the key. That number is the hash for 42.

By abstracting all the mathmatical conjecture. But then, you're left with "A brief history of the universe", and I suppose, tack an exam (of course, abstracting from the math), and you now have a "graduate-level" course.

Preach it, I have _never_ used my real name on the Internet. I use misnomers, aliases and fake names everywhere, without hesitation or prejudice. I don't give out my race, sex, age or religious beliefs, I relish in the anonymity.

You insensitive clod! My name really is Leroy Jenkins

I think its a sign of desperation. They know they are losing the war, and instead of changing with the times, they are adopting basically undefensable, unwinnable strategies.

I'm not forming an opinion on who's right or who's wrong, but I can tell you who is winning.

I think therein lies the problem, interpretation.

It's also possible to interpret various phrases of the bible to mean a whole host of things, and the dichotomy of such serves as the fuel to ignite many hatreds.