Comments on: The Latest OAK Table Member

By: Log Buffer #87: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs

Log Buffer #87: a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:04:50 +0000

[...] blog.gralike.com, Marco Gralike announces the latest OAK Table Member — conferred on none other than Pythian’s Alex Gorbachev at the recent HOTSOS Symposium. [...]

By: Marco Gralike

Marco Gralike — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:59:30 +0000

Shouldn’t we buy one for Alex then…? Ahh, he gets enough nowadays.

By: Doug Burns

Doug Burns — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:07:02 +0000

Tell you what – I’ll buy four. Then you can have two each. How’s that?

By: Marco Gralike

Marco Gralike — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:55:08 +0000

Regarding the “scoop” – He, if you learn from the master then at least, you should pick up the lessons learned

BTW I will buy him the drink, on your behave, if I have the chance. Even better, I will drink yours as well

By: Oak Table Network

Oak Table Network — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:27:43 +0000

[...] actually old news now (thanks Doug and Marco) but I thought that I should proudly state it here. On the other hand, “someone” [...]

By: Doug's Oracle Blog

Doug's Oracle Blog — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:24:34 +0000

How to be invited to the Oak Table…

1) Write excellent technical papers about Oracle … (CHECK)2) Possess a mixture of intelligence, dignity and fun … (CHECK)3) Know a few good drinking games … (CHECK)4) Wear a pair of clogs while presenting … (CHECK)See? It’s easy!Welcome, Ale…

By: Doug Burns

Doug Burns — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:45:35 +0000

Ha, ha … nice one!

Then again, wearing strange clothing for your Hotsos presentation – haven’t I seen that somewhere before?

And is this Oak Table thing true? If so

a) These new guys don’t know how to manage announcements properly (there’s a joke at my own expense in there somewhere).

b) They’ll let *anyone* in these days! (probably one in there too)

c) Maybe there was drink involved? (actually, there’s probably *always* drink involved ….)