Re: Oracle to buy Borland?

In article <29o8o6$co0_at_bluering.cowan.edu.au>, rczerwon_at_cowan.edu.au (Richard Czerwonka) writes:
> I've just heard that Oracle want to get into the low end database
> market, and that they will either release something called Oracle
> Lite, or buy Borland to get their hands on Paradox. Does anyone
> have any more details about this? (My reference: an article in
> the Australian newspaper, dated 12th October, 1993).

I read the same article.

On the one hand, I doubt very much that Oracle could buy Borland.

On the other hand, I also doubt very much that Borland would want to sell.

But on the other foot 8^}, I'm sure that Oracle would like to get their claws on the Interbase engine technology.

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