Re: Novell/Oracle alliance

From: Paul Beardsell <paul_at_hoxton.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1993 17:10:33 +0000
Message-ID: <741201033snz_at_hoxton.demon.co.uk>


In article <741114259snx_at_ubla.hamm.sub.org> udo_at_ubla.hamm.sub.org writes:
>In article <C972DG.4D2_at_mach1.wlu.ca> pberger_at_mach1.wlu.ca writes:
> > Have any of you Oracle gurus heard any information about the recent Oracle
> > Novell alliance?
> it's not a Novell /Orakle-only alliance. Novell is free to do the same
> with other RDBMS vendors.

I can't see what all the fuss is about. It's all marketing hype - I used Oracle 6 running as an NLM early last year. This is just Oracle 7 NLM. [NLM = Netware Loadable Module]

What use is an ``alliance'' under which neither party has special rights or obligations?

Alliance = Software_port

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Received on Sun Jun 27 1993 - 19:10:33 CEST

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