Re: Beware! the days of Oracle may be numbered

Doesn't Microsoft have new video-conferencing application for IE5 under development, code-named Orthanc?
Tim

Sybrand Bakker wrote:

> So you do consider Bill to be a reincarnation of Sauron?
> Tell me, who are the other nine ringwraiths and especially who is the current
> ringbearer? Linus Torvald?
> I like you paraphrase of the inscription of the One Ring, though I would have
> thought Bill is more like Gollum, at least as sneaky as Gollum is: what does it have
> in its pockets? Hidden e-mails probably
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
> Mladen Gogala wrote:
>
> > In article <36EA0304.DE100806_at_Feist.Com>,
> > KeyStrk_at_Feist.Com 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
> > >
> > Mr. Gates may look well positioned, but Mr. Gates has DOJ breathing down
> > his neck. What we may have to deal with in the next millenium are several
> > "Baby Bills", which will not be able to bundle apps with OS and/or use
> > predatory pricing to drive competitors out of the marketplace. I somehow
> > suspect that "Baby Bills" will not be as formidable competitor as Microsoft.
> > I am looking forward to that.
> > Mladen Gogala
> > One browser to rule them all
> > One browser to find them
> > One browser to bring them all
> > And in the darkness bind them
> > In the land of Redmond where the shadows lie.
> >
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Received on Sun Mar 14 1999 - 09:12:43 CST