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What Does "Freedom of Speech" Mean in the Context of Community?

By justin.kestelyn on January 21, 2009 10:22 AM

There is a fascinating meta-thread taking shape at forums.oracle.com, especially for those interested in the care and feeding of an interactive community. It began with me issuing a strong personal warning about "personal attacks" to several Database forum regulars, who...

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forums.bea.com and forums.oracle.com are one

By justin.kestelyn on November 11, 2008 9:08 AM

We have completed the migration of BEA Dev2Dev and Arch2Arch newsgroup content to forums.oracle.com; the content is now available in the form of a searchable, read-only archive. Nice!...

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By justin.kestelyn on August 28, 2008 3:09 PM

I've wanted to use that title since "300" came out last year! There is a method to my madness however. As many of you know, we rolled out an upgrade to forums.oracle.com last weekend (to Jive Forums 5.5). Since then,...

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Forums.oracle.com Upgrade: New Rewards System/Known Issues

By justin.kestelyn on August 23, 2008 8:28 AM

This weekend, forums.oracle.com received a software platform upgrade, to Jive v 5.5. This was long, long overdue and many thanks to the Web Arch and IT teams. With this upgrade, users can now enjoy features like tagging, a more robust...

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Oracle Database 10g on Vista

By justin.kestelyn on May 4, 2007 12:21 PM

Hey, Oracle Database 10g SE/EE is now available on Vista, thanks to all the chatter about it on OTN Discussion Forums. (XE is already certified on Vista.) Christian Shay has more info.Now, if we can just get that port for...

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Kill Caps Lock

By justin.kestelyn on April 25, 2007 1:00 PM

I've seen several posts lately about Discussion Forums etiquette, and for those of you similarly interested in such matters - or if you simply want to have a good laugh - I suggest that you read this thread.A great example...

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New Grid Computing Discussion Forums

By justin.kestelyn on March 28, 2007 11:17 AM

Today OTN deployed a series of new Grid Computing discussion forums; topics include Oracle RAC, Clusterware, ASM, and installation of all of the above.These forums are literally "virginal" territory right now, so login and stake your claim as an expert...

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Get Busy on Berkeley DB Discussion Forums

By blogsadmin on July 25, 2006 12:28 PM

OTN Discussion Forums for various Berkeley DB editions are now online and available to OTN members. Berkeley DB users, get on board!This signals a new intersection between two massive, richly diverse, and longstanding communities. I think it will interesting...

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