Re: FREE ORACLE SOFTWARE!

>> Bill Williams writes: >> }> >> }>Oxymoron. >> }> >> } >> }Does this refer to the idea that certain salespeople are selected from >> }a special group which, as infants, did not receive enough oxygen in the >> }womb, causing them to become morons? >> } I guess the phrase 'certain salespeople' can lead one to believe I was targeting Oracle salespeople, but I really meant to target all software salespeople (and yes, this includes Informix - I've seen some unclean stuff from them, too, but nothing as aggravating as the stuff dished out by Oracle's salespeople). I just wanted to keep retail salespeople from being included. I *like* the nice people at Ethan Allen furniture stores! >> [snip] >> }These guys ... *Sigh*. If they want to bug Informix they ought to run >> }another of their slanted ads that compare throughput of Informix DOS >> }products to the Oracle Unix or mainframe products. >> >> >> I think Bill hates Oracle sales people more than I do! > >Now, now, be nice. I think Bill came forth with an excellent insight into >the salesperson sub-species. With a little government funding we might even >be able to cure the problem by placing all newborns in an oxygen rich >environment for - say - the first 15 years of their lives. But at the same >time we must recognize that it's not just Oracle salespersons with this >problem, there are countless others people out there afflicted with these >oxymoronic tendencies. While it makes us feel as though we are dealing with >a slug when talking to them, we DO need this life form - who else is going >to sell used cars? Indeed. And besides, I don't *hate* Oracle salespeople. I *loathe* them. Bill Williams E-Mail: bwilliam@jaxnet.com Flames: nobody@nowhere.com -or- redirect to /dev/null +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Disclaimer: My views, opinions, and judgments are my own. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Free scientific inquiry" is a redundancy. | | "Free governmental inquiry" is self-contradictory. | | | | Be sure to read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. It's the world's | | greatest novel, rated #2 of those books readers said had the | | most impact on their lives (NY Times readership poll)! | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+