RE: Happy Belated Birthday Oracle Exadata (aka Database Machine)

communityadmin@netezza.com — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:36:31 GMT

You were definitely right re the performance ads being commissioned Tim - see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/29/tpc_slaps_oracle/

Maybe a bit to quick for their own good?

RE: A Piece of Plastic Worth its Weight in Gold

communityadmin@netezza.com — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:30:58 GMT

Many years ago our company bought some tools and hardware that were all "oracle branded". Each of the manuals, notebooks, pens and even the servers - had the logos emblazoned on them for all to know from whence they came.

Yet, one of the units had the Oracle logo applied upside down, on a plastic logo-bar that had been hot-glued to the server's face.

We called the vendor rep about this, and practically within the hour, a guy showed up, logo'ed up with vendor windbreaker and a logo'ed toolkit, and promptly set to work removing the plastic label, inverting it, and re-applying it with hot glue He did his work quietly, efficiently, almost like an Oracle-roadie.

How interesting it was when we needed help with what was actually inside the machine, they put us three-deep in queue and were otherwise non-responsive.

And yet - the precious logo - gets the hot-glue, the wipe-down and everything short of a kiss for good luck.

Crossing the Line

RE: Happy Belated Birthday Oracle Exadata (aka Database Machine)

RE: A Piece of Plastic Worth its Weight in Gold