Glenn Cole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>My other thought here is that it was only an Oracle-*based* package.
>To condemn Oracle would be like condemning Image just because some awful
>package uses it.

>Separately, Vince Martyn (of Oracle UK) writes:
>
> > I tend to lurk rather than post to the list, I think people see just
> > my Email address and not the 18 year HP3000 fan that has typed the
> > message.  When I do post, I usually get agressive replies
>[snip]
>
>I am quite shocked that Mr. Martyn "usually gets aggressive replies."
>I have seen only help from him, and NEVER an "Oracle Rulez" attitude.
>His caring about the 3000 is evident from his participation in hp3000-L.
>Given the size of Oracle Corp., I am a bit surprised that he is the ONLY
>active rep from Oracle on the list.
>
>If I were an Oracle-on-the-3000 user, I would be darned glad (as Richard
>Gambrell is/was) that Vince is here to help.



"Pickering, John (NORBORD)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Richard L Gambrell writes ...
> >After 24 months and way, way too much $$$ already spent, it looks like
> >we're more or less halting our migration to an Oracle based commercial
> >"integrated" application package (whose vendor will remain nameless) and
> >we'll be enhancing and webifying our (really it is more Jeff's) superior
> >in-house application on MPE using TurboImage.
> >
> >Like the phoenix, another one rises from the dust...<grin>
>
>Hey Alfredo - send these guys an Adager cube :-)

With pleasure.  In fact, there are TWO Adager MemoCubes on their way
(one for Richard Gambrell of UTC for having kept an HP3000 alive and
well and one for Vince Martyn of Oracle for his wonderful
contributions through the years).  We are ALL glad that Vince is here
to help, as Glenn so aptly wrote.

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