Message-Id: <10530.109498@fatcity.com> From: guy ruth hammond Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:39:12 +0100 Subject: Re: Pricing Wars dgoulet@vicr.com wrote: > > Actually to me it appears as a "me too" scenario. Namely if Oracle and > IBM can collect those kinds of fees then why can't SQL*Server? Or as > another compatriot put it, "If MicroSoft is now taking notes from Oracle > then the Anti-Christ scepter must have been passed from Bill to Larry!". I always thought Satan would be more like Larry than Bill, even if only 'cos Larry has a beard and is never seen without an immaculate suit. And he's flyin' jet fighters while Bill is riding a golf cart. I dunno what it's like in the US, but over here Oracle have great catering. They know just how to tempt me! Oracle Sales: "Have another slice of pecan pie?" GRH: "Thanks! How much did you say the license was? I'll get my pen..." Oracle Sales: "Just use my quill. Yes, the one with the red ink..." :0) g -- guy ruth hammond | One is punished for being Technology Analysis & Consulting | weak, not for being cruel. 07879607148 http://www.agency.com | -- Baudelaire