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Oracle Says Dell Will Make Server Devices That Bypass Windows
Oracle Corp. Chairman Larry Ellison said Dell Computer Corp. will be
the second computer maker to manufacture and sell server appliances that bypass Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
In a speech at the NationsBanc Montgomery Securities Conference in
San Francisco on Monday, Ellison also said Oracle, the No. 1 database
maker, is talking with Compaq Computer Corp., the world's No. 2
computer maker, about making the devices.
Dell, the world's No. 3 personal-computer maker, joins
Hewlett-Packard Co. in working with Oracle on the product, code-named
Raw Iron. H-P, the world's third-largest computer maker, made its
announcement last week.
''Oracle has really pulled off a significant competitive move here,'' said Merv Adrian, an analyst at Giga Information Group. ''There's a substantial number of people who only want to run an Oracle database. What would be more appliance-like than taking a server and plugging it in. That's about as utilitarian as you could get.''
''I think they have every reason to believe lots of people are going to buy this,'' he said.
Oracle will use the core of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Solaris operating
system to build so-called server appliances, powerful computers that will let businesses access database software without using a full operating system.
Oracle has been seeking ways to blunt Microsoft's dominance of the
operating system market and sell more products to corporations and
businesses. Sun, another vocal Microsoft rival, and Oracle are betting that corporate customers want easy-to-use, powerful machines as an alternative to Microsoft-based computers...........
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