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To: HerbVic who wrote (6512)11/23/1997 8:02:00 PM
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Oracle is running a ton of slick, expensive, ads in prime time pumping people to go out and buy a "net pc" on which Oracle software shines.

What net pc are they talking about? I get Dell ads all the time and I don't see any net pcs being advertised. I see tv ads all the time but I don't ever see net pcs being advertised. In short, I don't see anybody advertising net pcs anywhere. I called CompUSA and they don't know what I am talking about. It seems that oracle is spending a lot of bucks to tell people to go and buy a product that is not commonly available.

Houson, we got a problem. Larry's taking a another spacewalk.

The only thing I can figure is that Oracle did plan to have net pc's being sold at this time (perhaps with Apple?) and it did not work out at the last moment (Steve's surprise announcement?). Maybe the announcement was pulled because Pacific Rim economies are in the process of tanking big time and you can not depend on anything from that area (your supplier may be bankrupt tomorrow). This crisis will be good in the long run (internationl money fund will take over and kick ass) but it will absolute hell for the next few months as they take apart all the financial institutions and discover what crooks they are.

Any opinions?
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