At Wed, 16 Jul 1997 13:07:32 -0400, Steve Donnelly <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
[snip...]
>Sounds like finding an Oracle consultant with HP3000 knowledge is very
>difficult.  Does Oracle have techs in their customer support group with
>HP3000 experience?  How important is HP3000 experience in solving Oracle
>related issues?

Our experience with Oracle consultants found their knowledge for 'other'
operating systems to be very limited.  'Other' systems in this case included
Windows NT!!!  (Supposedly a CORE system for Oracle).  I don't know then
what systems these consultants *are* most familiar with, but I suspect Unix
must be what they learn on.

I also had a staff member who left to work for Oracle as their 3000
installation specialist (though at the time we had never used Oracle) - his
first task upon starting there was not a training class, or even working on
an existing installation...it was booth duty at a trade-show exhibition.

Cheers.
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