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To: mauser96 who wrote (11336)	7/15/1999 6:34:00 PM
From: Bill Lotozo	Respond to of 19079

What a silly comparison. You buy ORACLE when you have a 100+ gig database and put it on unix to handle hundreds of concurrent users. You get microsoft's database for "free" when you buy back office. Do you think nt/sql server will handle hundreds of concurrent users against a 100+ gig database? Bill

To: mauser96 who wrote (11336)	7/15/1999 6:43:00 PM
From: WTSherman	Respond to of 19079

ORCL has nothing to gain and MSFT has everything to gain by having them benchmarked against each other. Why on earth would ORCL want to agree to that? If their products show their clear superiority then they're right where they are now, if MSFT comes even close it lends credibility to their claims. Nobody with ORCL's marketshare would do this unless they really felt threatened by a competitor and MSFT just isn't that competitive at this time.