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To: QwikSand who wrote (47177)	2/4/2002 6:24:18 PM
From: Just_Observing	Read Replies (1) of 64865

I can't figure out what motivated Ellison's extremely hostile comment about Linux and Sun. Orcl and Sunw now have some areas where they compete. It's ORCL's worst nightmare to have Sunw bundling applications with their OS. Here is a recent reference (Jan 31, 2002): Asked earlier if Sun and Oracle are now competitors, because Sun sells an application server that competes with Oracle's, Ellison delivered a friendly potshot. "I have this conversation with Scott a lot," he said, referring to Sun Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy. "He always wonders if I'm mad at him for going into competitive markets, and the answer is no, because I don't think they stand a chance. Bless their heart, it's not what they do well. I think it's going to be really hard for an open standards company like that to get deep into the software business." computerworld.com

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