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   From: forbrich@yahoo.net   
      
   Data Goob wrote:   
      
   > Mark Townsend wrote:   
   >> Data Goob wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Actually to get you back on track, read through Larry's book, the   
   >>> words are   
   >>> in the book, not quoting, but close enough, Oracle is more about   
   >>> applications   
   >>> than databases.  ( the book is "SOFTWAR" )   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I have the book. I have read the book. If you like to send me an address   
   >> offline, I'll send it to you. Then you can actually quote chapter and   
   >> verse to your heart's content.   
   >>   
   > Thanks but no thanks.  I'll rely on my brief encounter with this tour   
   > de force in errors and omissions as having been enough reading about   
   > Larry and his obsessions for a while.   It's a bit confusing to me   
   > when it comes to Oracle people, but also Microsoft people as well,   
   > are they passionate about the marketing or the technology?   ( I think I   
   > already know the answer, no need to reply. )   
      
   Proof, once again - ignorance is bliss.  After all, why use proof when   
   insinuation, innuendo and implication are so useful.   
      
   Thanks for the wonderfully amusing thread.   
   /Hans   
      
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