Re: Oracle 10G

Mark Townsend <markbtownsend@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<40440A9C.5080308@comcast.net>... > > an employee of Oracle Corp like Mark Townsend. > > Que ? > > Anyhow, to cut a long thread even longer, Oracle's definition of Grid > Computing revolves around 4 key areas [ snip ] All of which are fine things, fairly well explained, and if Oracle has technology to back up the powerpoint these are all useful and commendable. None of it particularly innovative, but brought together like this, a nice package all in all. I'd also say that Oracle's grabbing the term 'grid' to describe this is pretty clever marketing. Co-opt an emerging buzz-word and build it into the brand. There is some risk that consumers will have developed a pre-conception of what the term refers to -- they've used Napster, Kaza and maybe BitTorrent -- but that can be turned into a positive because it brings the customer to ask clarifying questions of the sales rep that allows the sales team to 'demonstrate value'. I guess I'm just one of those hopelessly old-fashioned engineers who cares about what terms mean. Just not post-modern enough. Mother always said that.

Paul G. Brown wrote: > I'd also say that Oracle's grabbing the term 'grid' to describe this > is pretty clever marketing. Co-opt an emerging buzz-word and build it into > the brand. Remember when windows were made out of glass? The only similarity being, I presume, that both are often broken. -- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)