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They are giant sales organization with an engineering department tacked on. Years ago we had oracle sales present to our office. During questions I asked w
by cturner 16y ago
They are giant sales organization with an engineering
department tacked on.
Years ago we had oracle sales present to our office. During questions I asked what was being done to make sqlplus feature competitive against the free software consoles like psql, mysql on basic features (e.g. browsable command-line history). The presenter was surprised I had complaints about it. He fired it up on his laptop on the projector. It crashed during startup. Laughs all-round and beyond that the Oracle reps didn't even pretend to be interested. I'm not sure who they thought they were selling to.
I came to the same conclusion as you.
- gaius 16y agoIn the early 00s I was at an Oracle sales conference. Now I was never in Sales myself mind, I was a consultant (and actually employed by an Oracle partner) but the sales types always had the best canapes and cocktails, so we blagged our way in. So, it's time for the main event, in the auditorium. They got smoke machines. They got lasers. They got Vanessa Mae (or a clone thereof) wearing next to nothing and playing up a storm on the electric violin. They got cheerleaders and they got MCs on stage rappin' about bringing Oracle's rivals TO THEIR KNEES. And the crowd (99% Oracle salesmen) went wild. I'm at the back wth my little clique of weapons-grade cynics and we're like, WTF have we gotten ourselves into. Oracle ain't even a sales organization, they're a full on religious revival.