Hi All
oracle taking over redhat...makes lotta of
sense...actually..
Redhat Products Oracle Products
Redahat Database Oracle Database
Redhat collabration suite oracel collab
suite
Redhat Devlopement env Oracle ids
Redhat strongholdweb & app sever Oracel9ias
Redhat portal framework orcale portal
makes strategic sense :-)..Hope larry and marketing
gurus are lsitening :-0
regards
Hrishy
P.S:This is waht happnes when DBA start acting like
marketing gurus :-)
- Mark Leith <mark_at_cool-tools.co.uk> wrote: > And
this is a good thing?
>
> ;)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Mladen Gogala
> Sent: 27 October 2003 14:24
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> I believe that Red Hat would be much better
> acquisition target then
> PeopleSoft. First of all, Peoplesoft doesn't seem to
> like the idea,
> second, Peoplesoft is very expensive. Red Hat would
> be much cheaper
> and would help oracle branch into other areas, where
> they could
> bundle database in a "enterprise package" and,
> basically, become
> another Microsoft.
>
> On 10/27/2003 08:44:33 AM, DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote:
> > Mladen, Mogens - If Oracle were to slash prices,
> there are several
> > factors
> > to consider. First, what does that do to Oracle's
> bottom line? Would
> > sales
> > increase dramatically enough to keep overall
> revenue from falling? I
> > think
> > the stagnant economy over the last few years has
> been tough on
> > everyone and
> > there aren't a lot of extra dollars to be found.
> > Second, how would Microsoft and IBM react?
> Years ago, Oracle's
> > main
> > competitors were Sybase and Informix, database
> companies like Oracle.
> > Now
> > the main competitors are Microsoft and IBM, where
> database revenues
> > are a
> > minor portion of their revenues, at least that is
> my impression.
> > Maybe
> > not a
> > smart idea to start a price war with someone that
> is not very
> > dependent on
> > database revenues.
> >
> > Dennis Williams
> > DBA
> > Lifetouch, Inc.
> > dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 1:35 AM
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> >
> >
> >
> > On 2003.10.27 00:34, Mogens Nørgaard wrote:
> >
> > > I have this radical idea that Oracle should
> include RAC in SE at no
> > extra
> >
> > > price (I think that would spread the product
> fast :) ),
> >
> > That would, quite likely, be the end of RAC. RAC
> is a great tool for
> > those
> > who
> > need it, but it's far too complex for the "general
> public", if such
> > creature
> >
> > exists. Mass deployment of RAC would be likely to
> overextend support
> > and
> > give
> > the product itself a bad rap and cause a huge
> controversy which would
> > probably
> > result in a significant product deterioration.
> That would be shame,
> > because
> >
> > clustered databases can be extremely useful in the
> environments that
> > need
> > them. Having a bunch of PHB types trying to do "10
> Teraflops on my
> > database"
> >
> > would probably result in a disaster for the
> product itself.
> >
> > In other words, if oracle is getting slammed by
> the competition, they
> > should
> >
> > cut prices across the board and not get creative
> with the options. I
> > believe
> >
> > that the ultra cheap version for $150/seat is a
> step in the right
> > direction.
> > --
> > Mladen Gogala
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