Congrats Daan Bakboord (Expert)

Hi Guys,
Daan is now an expert in the forum and his precious time and solutions are really helpful and i do follow his postings very closely along with other expert's solutions too :)
Especially Daan's research on OBIEE 11g and other Application's front is awesome and he is got opportunity on working with OBIEE 11g and solutions related to that in his blog would be helpful in long run.Thanks for your time posting on your blog Daan.
Most of his thoughts would be spoken in this blog :- http://obibb.wordpress.com
Once again Congrats Daan !!!
Regards,
Kranthi.

Hi Kranthi an all others,
Thanks for the support!!
Cheers,
Daan Bakboord
http://obibb.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/expert-status-on-otn/

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