Could this be a person trying to start rumors on the Internet about the
downfall of Oracle. Didn't Microsoft do things like that in the past to
hurt the competition?
John P. Higgins <jh33378_at_deere.com> wrote in message
news:36EA89A6.FDCF504A_at_deere.com...
>What a bizarre comment!
>
>Oracle's total revenues rose 19% over last year. The database revenues rose
10%.
>
>The only drop was on Wall Street because the 'analysts' had guessed an even
higher
>gain.
>
>KeyStroke (Jack L. Swayze Sr.) wrote:
>
>> As with other DBMS software, Oracle may be falling from grace. It
happened to
>> DB2 when Oracle came along, it happened with IDMS when DB2 came along.
>>
>> Mr. Gates looks well positioned to be the provider of the next 'got to
have'
>> enterprise DBMS software.
>>
>> Oracle took a tumble today, which just may be the beginning of the end.
>>
>> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40917236,00.html
>> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40873622,00.html
>>
>> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40889572,00.html
>> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40888381,00.html
>> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40885702,00.html
>> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40885023,00.html
>> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40879416,00.html
>> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40875856,00.html
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>
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Received on Sat Mar 13 1999 - 18:27:34 CST
