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| 407.1 | "Overview of Rdb/VMS" in documentation, but... | YUPPY::FISKEA | I think I should have planned ahea | Wed Aug 23 1989 14:16 | 7 |
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In the end I've copied the "Overview of Rdb/VMS" section from the
"Introduction and Master Index" Rdb/VMS document. Whilst this does
seem to provide quite a reasonable overview, it's a shame we don't
have a glossy equivalent of it to hand out in pre-sales situations...
Alison Fiske.
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| 407.2 | Available separately on-line ? | YUPPY::FISKEA | I think I should have planned ahea | Wed Aug 23 1989 14:20 | 8 |
| If it's generally a good idea to use this overview separate from
the document set, then is it possible that this chapter can be made
available on the net so that it can be printed off as required,
rather than photocopied (tacky) ?
Just a thought....
Alison.
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| 407.3 | Here, Here! | TOWNS::BUZZERD | Why NOT Rdb ?? | Fri Aug 25 1989 00:46 | 7 |
| I agree... I've gone to enough customers' offices and seen half-inch
thick ORACLE Technical Overview documents, and we've had only a
collection of reprints, glossies, Primers, etc. to give them. It leaves
the customer with nothing to review when they're going through the
competition's technical stuff. And that leads to alot of phone calls,
and that leads to ... discouragement. I think it would help us in
presales situations quite a bit.
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| 407.4 | Here? | KIKETT::NICHOLSON_PA | | Mon Aug 28 1989 21:04 | 16 |
| Here's one document to consider in some situations:
VAX Rdb/VMS
An SQL Overview
Order Number EA-M1217-54
(March 1989)
It's divided into four parts:
Introduction
Database Setup
Data Access
Application Programming
I agree that more Rdb presales technical literature would be helpful.
Paul
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| 407.5 | That's a GREAT idea! | DPDMAI::DAVISGB | Gil Davis DTN 554-7245 | Fri Sep 01 1989 17:50 | 10 |
| I know the marketing folks are reading this..
Mike? Vickie? Hal?....
Could we think in terms of a technical summary similar to the
vaxcluster Quorum? Something that would describe the features of Rdb
for the technical user, mixed with a little marketing verbage?
Seems to fit in very nicely with KO's advertising methodology.
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| 407.6 | Ouch! | COOKIE::BERENSON | VAX Rdb/VMS Veteran | Sat Sep 02 1989 21:24 | 6 |
| Should I be flattered or insulted to be called a marketing person?
Hal Berenson
Consulting Engineer
Database Systems Product Development
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| 407.7 | A Deal | QUILL::BOOTH | What am I?...An Oracle? | Sun Sep 03 1989 04:17 | 6 |
| I'l' be flattered at being called an engineer, if you'll be flattered
to be called a marketeer.
Otherwise, we'll both have to be insulted.
---- Michael Booth
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| 407.8 | Does 377.0 help? | SNOC02::ANDERSONK | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Mon Sep 04 1989 16:21 | 6 |
| You guys talk to the field - you should both be flattered that someone
remembered your names : it means someone knows you're useful to them!
re .5 I have a mishmash of stuff about V3.0 slanted with ORACLE in mind
(never explicitly mentioned), in VAX DOCUMENT SDML source form, posted
in 377.0
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| 407.9 | Be flexible! | DPDMAI::DAVISGB | Gil Davis DTN 554-7245 | Tue Sep 12 1989 21:46 | 8 |
| re .6 and .7...
The obvious answer is to carry business cards with interchangeable
titles....
and when the sales rep says "what's your title?"
you can reply "What would you like it to be?"
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