Participants wanted who know Linux and Oracle (fwd)

Fri Jan 21 14:00:48 PST 2005

I thought this usability study might be of interest to folks.

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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:52:18 -0800
From: Marvin Hecht <marvin.hecht at oracle.com>
To: members at penlug.org
Subject: [PenLUG] Participants wanted who know Linux and Oracle

Dear PenLug members,

I thought I would forward this announcement from the usability group at
Oracle. We are
looking for Linux SysAdmin's who have some exposure/experience with
Oracle on Linux,
to participate in a usability test, evaluating beta software.  This is
for people employed
by some company in the Bay Area other than Oracle or Peoplesoft, that
can drive to Oracle
HQ. To be considered send an email to usable_us at oracle.com
<mailto:usable_us at oracle.com> using Subject: Study973

Also--if you don't meet these exact criteria but still want to sign up
for future announcements
of upcoming studies that need techies, sign up here:
http://ui.us.oracle.com/tech.htm

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The Usability and Interface Design Group at Oracle Corporation is
looking for participants who have work experiences in Linux System
Administration and Oracle Database Administration for a usability
activity. You would earn $125 by participating in a 2-3 hour usability
activity. (This is not a job posting but an invitation to a 2-3 hour
activity).

Qualifications of participants should include:

* Experience Administering Linux systems
* Experience working as a DBA or System Administrator with DBA
responsibilities

The evaluations will be held at Oracle in Redwood Shores, California
(Highway 101, Marine World Parkway/Ralston Ave exit). Evaluations will
take place during January 25 to Feb 4.

To participate in the study you must meet the following requirements:

* Be at least 18 years old. Within driving distance to Oracle HQ.
* Must have experience with Linux Administration
* Must have experience with Oracle Database Administration

If you meet these requirements and are interested, please reply to
usable_us at oracle.com <mailto:usable_us at oracle.com> using the Subject
Line: Study973. To be considered, please include in your e-mail response
the following information:

...Your Name:
...Your Employer:
...Your Job Title:

...Type of Linux Systems you administer (Redhat/Suse, etc):
...Months of experience in administering Linux:

...Type of database you administer (e.g. Oracle 8i/DB2/SQL Server, etc):
...Months of experience in administering database:

...Your Daytime Phone #:
...Your Cell Phone # (optional):
...Your Email (if different):

Once we receive your response; you may be contacted by phone to be asked
a few additional questions for the study. We will respond to e-mails in
the order received.

Thank you!

Usability and Interface Design Group
Oracle Corporation