[Info-ingres] So we advertised for a new DBA...?

[Adrian Williamson]

Hi,

 

We can offer you a DBA service for less money than that, and we are
interested in genetics


 

Sorry couldn’t resist.

 

I suspect most Ingres DBA are comfortable where they are and seeing as
Actian doesn’t seem to be:

 

*	Selling the product into any green field developments 
*	Selling to big software houses to  use the product for their
customers or their products
*	Giving it away free to Educational Institutions *

 

I conclude that Ingres DBAs are not being made any more.

 

I was asked recently would I advocate using OpenROAD/Ingres in a large scale
online development i.e. requiring lots of resource – and I had to say no.

 

The market is awash with Java / C# / SQL Server / Oracle monkeys, which
makes them easy to find and cheap to hire. (if you have the kind of
development process control that can sort out the wheat from the chaff
before you blow your budget on substandard nine-to-fivers)

 

It needs an aggressive marking campaign coupled with a product strategy
designed to generate long term licence growth.

 

Cheers

 

Adrian

 

* I started on Window4GL and Ingres because Paisley University as it was
known had it on a Beta release. It was lab technician who pointed it out too
– not part of the syllabus – I got the course rules relaxed to allow its
inclusion.

 

From: info-ingres-bounces at lists.planetingres.org
<info-ingres-bounces at lists.planetingres.org> On Behalf Of Martin Bowes
Sent: 25 April 2018 13:19
To: info-ingres at lists.planetingres.org
Subject: [Info-ingres] So we advertised for a new DBA...?

 

Hi All,

 

I’m curious.

 

We (aka Oxford University) advertised for a new DBA. The position was
offered with a salary of up to £47,722pa, full time, 3 years fixed in the
first instance. The advert did mention we are mainly Ingres on Linux but
with other engines (Postgres, SQL Server) and platforms.

 

Not one person with Ingres DBA experience applied.

 

Why? Seriously, I was disappointed.

 

Does anyone have any thoughts they’d like to share on that?

 

Martin Bowes

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