Oracle cracks everyone up standard
Did anyone else giggle a little bit when they saw that Oracle delayed its quarterly patch release because it would coincide with the OpenWorld 2009 Oracle conference? According to Oracle, they didn’t want administrators to have to choose between installing updates in a timely manner and attending the conference. That’s funny for me because I have NEVER met an Oracle DBA that was excited about pushing patches to their servers in a couple of days (the original release was slated for October 13, and the conference ends on the 15th). In fact, between Oracle DBAs and z/OS Administrators, I don’t know who wins the prize for yelling the loudest about patching within thirty days. THIRTY days. Not two days. THIRTY ...
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