Re: Recent Press Release: Developer/2000 Release 1.2

w1willi@ucs.att.com (w1willi@ucs.att.com) wrote: >In article <44eb1k$kpn@nedc.us.oracle.com>, rswonger@us.oracle.com (Roy F. Swonger) writes: >> There was no deception; the articles were clearly labeled as press releases and not >> unbiased news accounts or product reviews. >My point exactly, Roy. This spamming across a multitude of newsgroups dealing with >competitors' products says a few things I find interesting. (The use of 'You' in >the below paragraphs is intended at Oracle, *not* Mr Swonger personally.) > 1. You're desperate. I note the Informix press releases are confined to > comp.databases.informix, which means Informix is trying to be informative. > I note Oracle's press releases are spammed across the internet, > which means Oracle is desperate to obtain new business. I see press releases from all kinds of products in the oracle news group, in particular other rdbms products. It is annoying, it is inconsiderate, but I think you'd have to admit its more aggressive marketing which has been typical of Oracle, rather than the leader being desperate to obtain new business. > 2. You're inconsiderate. No one in this (or other product-specific) newsgroup > is going to give much of a tinker's damn about new Oracle releases. The > purpose of this newsgroup is to discuss product-specific issues, and > Oracle ain't it. I agree, both for the release your talking about and for other products ARE YOU LISTENING SYBASE which post in the Oracle news group. > 3. You could outstubborn a cat. No other competitors to Informix are wasting > their breath in this newsgroup, and I know from experience that none of > you guys are going to get the message. So why am I bothering? Because I > don't want to give up hope that you'll eventually wake up and smell the > coffee. Your luckey, Sybase and Microsoft soslowserver have been trying to use the same methods on us in the Oracle news group. Craig