OracleDatabase guru, VP of core technologies. 
The Tom behind http://asktom.oracle.com.  

Author of:
	* The new Effective Oracle By Design ISBN 0072230657 -- practical and detailed advice for building performing systems.
	* Expert One-On-One Oracle ISBN 1590592433 -- an Amazon 5-star -- easily the best book on Oracle for programmers, re-released by apress
	* Beginning Oracle Programming ISBN 186100690X -- a solid introduction to Oracle
	* Countless Usenet posts.

Tom's philosophy:  QuestionAuthority.  Don't make a baseless claim: test it, benchmark it, prove it. Most claims written (about Oracle) by "experts" are wrong, unless they provide the code, logs and/or trace files.	He suggests that most performance failures start with developers that treat databases as a black box.  Why not learn what it can do for you instead?

Take a gander at his stuff, it really can teach you a lot about OracleDatabase''''''s.
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