Re: Recent Press Release: Developer/2000 Release 1.2

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. ----------