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Technology Stocks : Oracle Corporation (ORCL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bipin Prasad who wrote (13790)	5/4/2000 12:57:00 PM
From: OverSold	Respond to of 19080

The more MSFT & SEBL squeal about ORCL just convinces me all the more that Ellison is accomplishing his goals and see's this companies future solidly planted within reach. He may not be liked, but he is brilliant. Never under estimate a determined genius. Here is proof. Oracle(R) Database Outpaces IBM in Large Market, Beats Microsoft in Mid-Market According to Latest Techtel Research Demand for Oracle's Database Up in all Categories; Purchase Consideration For Oracle Exceeds IBM DB2 by a Factor Greater Than Two REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- (http://www.oracle.com/tellmemore/?198737) Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), the largest provider of software for e-business, today announced that demand for Oracle's database is outpacing demand for IBM DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server according to recent findings from Techtel Corporation. In fact, the current purchase consideration for Oracle(R) exceeds that for IBM DB2 by a factor more than 2-to-1 for large companies. In the mid-market, Microsoft's traditional stronghold, purchase consideration for Oracle also exceeds that for Microsoft SQL Server. In its research, Techtel considers large companies to have 5,000 or more employees, whereas companies classified in the mid-market have 1,000 - 4,999 employees. Techtel's most recent research findings are based on 206 surveys of companies exceeding 5,000 employees and 166 surveys of companies with 1,000 - 4,999 employees; all surveys were conducted during the first quarter of 2000. Techtel is a demand measurement firm, and its research methodology has recently been cited by a leading brand management expert for their accuracy. "Oracle continued to do extremely well in our findings for this quarter," said Michael Kelly, CEO of Techtel Corporation. "Oracle's database was up in all categories in surveys of both the large and mid-sized business, including the key categories of positive opinion and brand awareness. According to our research we should expect to see database demand continue to increase overall post Y2K." "These findings show that Oracle8i(TM) is now the database with the highest ratio of awareness and positive opinion," said Jeremy Burton, Oracle vice president, Internet Platform Marketing. "They go to show what results from a constant dedication to provide the most innovative and useful database in the world." About Techtel Corporation Techtel Corporation is a marketing measurement and systems firm located in Emeryville, California. For over 15 years, Techtel has provided companies and analysts with information on consumer and business use of existing and emerging information technologies. About Oracle Oracle Corporation provides the software that powers the Internet. For more information about Oracle, please call 650-506-7000. Trademarks Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle8i is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. SOURCE Oracle Corp. -0- 05/03/2000 /CONTACT: Kristin Kryway of Oracle Corp., 650-506-6338, or kkryway@us.oracle.com; or Kathleen Noonan of Applied Communications, 415-365-0222, ext. 272, or knoonan@appliedcom.com, for Oracle Corp./ /Company News On-Call: prnewswire.com or fax, 800-758-5804, ext. 100462/ /Web site: oracle.com (ORCL) CO: Oracle Corp.; Techtel Corporation ST: California IN: CPR MLM SU: -0- May/03/2000 8:01 EOS (PRN) May/03/2000 08:01 85 Good Luck Everyone