In response to my earlier posting where I mentioned that I had not
purchased an Oracle solution, Alfredo wrote:
 
>>Would it be too presumptuous to assume that part of the reason for your
>>wise choice was the well-known fact that
>>
>>         MPE Users Kick Butt!
>>
>>         (and that IMAGE databases are an integral part of MPE...) ?
>
It would be neither presumptuous nor incorrect.  The stability of MPE
and Image were significant factors in my decision to enhance our
current, MPE-based systems, rather than move to an Oracle-based
solution.  MPE Users do Kick Butt - as has now been said in a
record-breaking fashion!  (BTW, Congratulations to Wirt and the Poster
Gang!  It was inspiring.)
 
Regards,
Billy Rowland
 
 
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William E. Rowland
Manager of Information Systems
extension 8147
 
 
>
>The overall feeling I got from the Oracle representatives during the
>New
>York RUG meeting (back in February 1994) was that Oracle would do
>almost
>anything to get the sale.
>
>Nevertheless, you wrote:
>
>        "I decided not to buy anyway.  It turned out to be a wise
>choice."
>
>Wow!  You do HAVE a backbone.  This is rare, in this thoroughly modern
>era.
>
>Would it be too presumptuous to assume that part of the reason for your
>wise choice was the well-known fact that
>
>         MPE Users Kick Butt!
>
>         (and that IMAGE databases are an integral part of MPE...) ?
>
>
>I am intrigued by your having said, "It turned out to be a wise
>choice."  I
>wonder how many people out there have been as brave as you.  And I also
>wonder how many people are now kicking themselves (or their previous
>consultants), after having taken the fatal plunge...
>
>Remember "The Emperor's New Clothes"?  It only took ONE small child to
>ask
>his mommy why the king was nude...
>
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