In article <dV7H2.4327$A6.2705822_at_news1.teleport.com>,
"Jim Kennedy" <Jim_Kennedy_at_MedicaLogic.com> wrote:
> Yes, wasn't it a couple of California newspapers and also paying people to
> write letters to the editor. If the product isn't good enough that people
> want to write letters to the editor unprodded I guess you have to have a
> financial incentive.
>
> Jim
>
> Patrick Flahan wrote in message <7cevsi$fe7$1_at_ash.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
> >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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Microsoft even tried to organize grassroots campaign for them not
being a monopoly. It was a spectacular "shoot yourself in a foot" type
of thing. They are at it again. I'll post this discussion on the Slashdot
with my personal comments to unmask the methods that MS propagandists are
using.
Mladen Gogala
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Received on Mon Mar 15 1999 - 11:31:02 CST
