As Published In January/February 2004

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Where Are They?

It is wonderful that the Oracle Magazine Editors' Choice Awards for 2003 has been expanded to include so many awards this year. But are we truly to believe that in 20 different technology areas, there is not one woman worthy of honor? It is disappointing and discouraging to look at this issue of Oracle Magazine, with a cover full of men and not one woman throughout (except in advertisements).
Denise Dailey
Denise.Dailey@ClearOrbit.com

Amazing. I looked at the cover of the Oracle Magazine November/ December 2003 issue and thought I was reading one of my dad's engineering magazines from the 1950s. Is it really true that out of 20 awards from all over the world you couldn't find a single woman who made the mark? Wow! We are way farther behind than I thought.
Alice Erickson
aerickso@dfmp.fammed.wisc.edu

Congratulations are in order to all the winners of the Male Oracle Users and Managers Awards. However, as a longtime Silicon Valley professional, I know that there are many women managers, DBAs, and such whose qualifications put them at the top of our industry. Did the distinguished panelists consider them?
Harry Walsh
HarryWalsh999@aol.com

I enjoy reading the annual Oracle Magazine Editors' Choice Awards and feel it is very important to recognize each other's accomplishments. However, I was disappointed this year to see no female recipients. With your large variety of categories, I have trouble believing that there were no deserving women. Please don't forget us.
Anne Hopkins
annespano@hotmail.com

I thought it was interesting (and, ultimately, a bit sad) that your 2003 annual Oracle Magazine Editors' Choice Awards cover looked like an advertisement for a men's club—not one single woman in the whole lot.
Scott Danforth
sdanforth@epathlearning.com

Please review the cover of the November/December 2003 issue of Oracle Magazine. Does it strike you as strange that not one of the winners pictured is female?
Donald O'Connell
doconnell@vdacs.state.va.us

I find it hard to believe that Oracle "scoured the globe" and yet managed to find mostly white men as your "most innovative, dedicated, and thoughtful Oracle users and managers." No women use your product? Non-whites?
KBacon0527@aol.com

Thank you to all who sent letters on this topic. This subject is important to us, and we respond in this issue's From the Editor, "Women in Technology".

Something New for Newbies

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We want a column for the newbies. So if you could please start a column for us, we would be grateful.
Chintan Solanki
chintanonnet@hotmail.com

In February 2003, I subscribed to Oracle Magazine, but it doesn't seem to take care of newbies. I'd like you to introduce regular tutorials (either in the magazine or on your Web site) for green Oracle users like me, so that hopefully I'll become one of the Oracle veterans someday.
Chris
dunamisforever@hotmail.com

Not the Sharpest Blade

While reading the September/October 2003 issue of Oracle Magazine, I was surprised to see an incorrect photo caption on page 56. The picture is of a Sun StorEDGE A3500—a large disk array. However, the caption refers to "Rack-mounted server blades." The rack next to the A3500 contains Sun Fire v100 or Sun Fire v120 1U rackmount servers—definitely not blades.
James McPherson
James.McPherson@Sun.COM