Re: Recent Press Release: Developer/2000 Release 1.2

rswonger@us.oracle.com (Roy F. Swonger) wrote: >In article <44bms9$2vs@thrush.sover.net> >sstryker@sover.net (Stew Stryker) wrote: > >> Note that the person who posted it works for Oracle - no big surprise there! >> Not a slam, just to make it obvious to folks that might not have read the bottom >> of the press release. > >I wouldn't want to be accused of waiting untilt he end of a message to note that I work >for Oracle (despite the fact that it's obvious from the message header as well). That >said... > >I fail to see why you find it so surprising that >a) a corporate press release was posted by an employee of the corporation making the > release, and >b) corporate press releases are generally favorable when describing the products > accounced therein. > >There was no deception; the articles were clearly labeled as press releases and not >unbiased news accounts or product reviews. I think you'd find the same is true in many, >many newsgroups targeted to specific products. Do you feel the same need to criticize >all press releases, or at least all press releases about 4GLs? Or do you reserve this >treatment for those from Oracle? > >Roy > >---------- >Roy F. Swonger >rswonger@us.oracle.com > >Any opinions expressed in my notes are solely my own, and not those of >my employer. >---------- > Personally, I would like Oracle to continue to post their press here. Maby they could post the bug releases here as well since even = with Silver support they never seem to get around to calling and informing one until after days of debugging, frustration, fast food= , caffine, and the like. Maby if they expanded their Web page, and added some useful information more of us would visit and they wouldn't feel the need to po= st here. Just some thoughts...Off to vacation for 2 wks, bye :-). Craig Harper IFTN