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"Nuno Souto" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> Oracle should have used mergers to grow further, AGES AGO.
> They should never, ever, ever, have let IBM take over Informix.
> Now is a bit too late to start and PS is gonna be a tough bone
> to chew...
> But I'll bet if they are successful, it won't stop there: they have
> to start growing by takeover, there is only so much they can do
> by licence costs. Writing was on the wall 5 years ago, they just
> tried to delay the inevitable.
5 years ago they would have to pay a fortune for PS. Remember, @home buying a portal for 10B? Some greetings card company for 1B? Received on Mon Jun 09 2003 - 19:40:30 CDT