Re: An interesting meeting with IBM
"Enor Mouspenis" <enormouspenis@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:c5hubj$1tfht$2@ID-64669.news.uni-berlin.de... > Neil Truby wrote: > > > My experience of trying to sell technical support bears you out. Oracle > > *is* highly idiosyncratic, and although the principles of all these DBMSs > > are the same a lot here is different. It's quite difficult to blag, even > > for an accomplished blagger like me :-). SQL Server *is* trivial by > > comparison, and this has its own drawbacks - although we have a couple of > > SQL Server support contracts from companies familiar with the concept of > > specialist database administration, and they are easy to service, most > > customers simply don't perceive a need for specialist SQL Server DBA > > activities. And in many cases they may be right. > > What is blag, please? Is tuning exercise? No. It's a ("British") English phrase meaning to embellish or lie arrogantly, in the hope that one's confidence will deter the autorities from checking your credentials. For example "I didn't have a ticket for the football, but I blagged my way in anyway". Or "I'd never touched SQL Server before but I blagged it and they gave me the job".
Neil Truby wrote: > "Enor Mouspenis" <enormouspenis@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:c5hubj$1tfht$2@ID-64669.news.uni-berlin.de... >> Neil Truby wrote: >> >> > My experience of trying to sell technical support bears you out. >> > Oracle *is* highly idiosyncratic, and although the principles of all >> > these > DBMSs >> > are the same a lot here is different. It's quite difficult to blag, > even >> > for an accomplished blagger like me :-). SQL Server *is* trivial by >> > comparison, and this has its own drawbacks - although we have a couple > of >> > SQL Server support contracts from companies familiar with the concept >> > of specialist database administration, and they are easy to service, >> > most customers simply don't perceive a need for specialist SQL Server >> > DBA >> > activities. And in many cases they may be right. >> >> What is blag, please? Is tuning exercise? > > No. It's a ("British") English phrase meaning to embellish or lie > arrogantly, in the hope that one's confidence will deter the autorities > from > checking your credentials. For example "I didn't have a ticket for the > football, but I blagged my way in anyway". Or "I'd never touched SQL > Server before but I blagged it and they gave me the job". Manny thanks. -- Enor