>I'm sure I did not say "great", since I am not enthusastic about Orcale.

Why is that? Is this because you work for MS? Or, because you have a technical beef with Oracle?

Your not implying/discouraging people from writing about non-MS databases...are you????


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I see nothing wrong with the idea and suggestion.
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Of course not, what could be "wrong" with it?

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My opinion is that if FoxTalk readers want an article on that topic, then it should be added in some future issue.
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Interesting. Let me ask you Ken....if you thought .NET was generally, good fodder for a Magazine - but - the subscriber base did not want .NET material, would you still agree with your premise?

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I'm sure you are a good person to write the article, but I have no idea of you are the best person out of all the candidates who could author it,
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I would have to say that the odds are FAR more likely than not, I am the best person (or at least one of the best) to do it. Beside Mark McCasland and myself, I don't know of anybody who has done SIGNFICANT work with Oracle. And in terms of writing credentials, that metric too would have to tip in my favor.

Sure, you could get somebody to schlock something out that might do something like a RV - and manipulate data. My stuff was intended to get into the inter-workings of Oracle - and leverage that platform in the context of VFP...

My guess is that I could probably do the same thing in .NET - pitch it to Rod, and get the piece published.


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and it is up to the editor and publication and not me which is the way it should be.
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True...but Editors are fiduciaries for the public interest. IMO, editors breach this duty when they decisions based on personal bias as opposed to objective criteria measured by what is in the best interests of the magazine. The easy counter to this is that Dave could say "Well John, including content by you would result in an outcry from the reader-ship - and that would not be in the best interest of the magazine". Again, he could say that. It is an easily defeatable point because more likely than not - the substantive value of the content is outweighed by any perceived negative impact from a personal standpoint.

One thing my years in this business has taught me. You could be the most hated SOB on the planet. But...if you have a good idea, and you share it. People who dislike you are not so principled that they would not partake of that good idea.


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In reality, my opinion on this counts the same as any individual subscriber to FoxTalk.
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I disagree. I believe if you wanted to see certain content in FoxTalk...Dave would oblige.

He's your boy....