Thread: What? No postings yet today? Must be too much good news to digest!!! Everybody reading and wondering why not a better price reaction??? Here is one that I like (although it is a company press release):
biz.yahoo.com
Wednesday October 6, 8:03 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Oracle Corporation
Web vs. Windows: Windows Developers Flock to the Oracle Internet Platform By the Hundreds of Thousands
Software Developers, Including drugstore.com and eToys.com, Find New Home At Oracle
New Version of Oracle(R) Technology Network Introduces Topic-Based Communities, Oracle Certification and Direct Interaction With Oracle's Own Developers Online
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- As software developers jump ship from Windows to the Web, they're not getting caught in an abyss -- many have found salvation in the Oracle© Technology Network (OTN), technet.oracle.com. OTN has quickly become the number-one portal site for Internet developers seeking to build database applications with the industry's hottest Java, XML and Linux technologies. After growing 1,000 percent from 40,000 to more than 400,000 members in just eight months, OTN has become the clear choice for Windows developers looking to re-ignite their careers.
Today, Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL - news), the number one choice for e-business, increased its commitment to the OTN membership by launching a new site with expanded professional resources, software and support for developers. The site now includes topic-based communities for developers to network with each other and find all relevant information about specific technologies of interest in a single location. A new ``Ask Oracle' forum provides direct, online interaction with Oracle's own expert development teams. Beyond training and support, OTN now also links directly to the Oracle Certified Professional program, which has helped tens of thousands of developers boost their career credentials for high-demand Internet markets based on Oracle software.
Also immediately available on the new OTN site is new content for the latest versions of Oracle Application Server, Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle's Business Components for Java, all announced today at Internet World in New York. The delivery of these products further establishes Oracle's leadership in the Internet space and its strong commitment to developers' growing demands for the latest Internet technologies.
``The hot technologies today are Java, XML and Linux, and Oracle's Internet Platform fully supports them all,' said Jeremy Burton, vice president of Internet Platform marketing and OTN at Oracle. ``The extraordinary response to OTN over the last eight months is the strongest indication yet of the shift from Windows-based client/server technologies to the new Internet era.'
OTN's explosive growth reflects the growing dominance of the Internet as a software development platform, rather than a proprietary operating system. In fact, more than 50 percent of new OTN members since February 1999 identify themselves as former Windows-only developers. Today, the OTN site receives more than six million page views per month, as members participate in technical discussion forums, download development software and participate in early adopter programs. Developers have downloaded more than 100,000 copies of Oracle8i(TM) since the product shipped in Q199.
``Because we only use Oracle products, it is important that I am up-to-date on the latest Oracle products and development trends,' said Nitin Despande, project manager, eToys. ``Oracle Technology Network provides me and my team with a great resource for all the information we could possibly need to develop applications for the Internet.'
The ``Ask Oracle' feature, previously in beta, is now fully implemented and available for partners to ask Oracle developers various development and implementation questions through a web-based interface and receive online assistance. This provides developers the opportunity to interact directly with Oracle experts-making trouble-shooting more personalized, easy and available from anywhere in the world.
OTN's newly designed interface makes it easy to navigate and search for all information pertinent to an end-user's query. Topic-based ``portals' within OTN make it a one-stop shop for content on all Internet technologies and Oracle products with links to where developers can purchase books, sign up for professional certification and receive online assistance-making it the most comprehensive site for developers building for the Internet. Such sections include Linux, Java and XML sites. In addition, these sites offer implementation examples which offer step-by-step directions of common development tasks.
``My development team and I use OTN frequently,' said Kal Raman, CIO and senior vice president of Technology and Operations, drugstore.com. ``Because drugstore.com runs on Oracle, OTN has been an online library of useful information for our team to get implementation questions answered and the latest information on technologies that enable us to be a successful e-business.'
Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest software company. With annual revenues of more than $9.1 billion, the company offers its database, application server, tools and application products, along with related consulting, education and support services, in more than 145 countries around the world.
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