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To: JAPG who wrote (43524)	6/15/2001 11:47:58 AM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

The other Gorilla (Microsoft) is going from the bottom upwards, similar to what Christiansen observed when smaller hard disk manufacturers appeared and displaced the incumbents. Unless one believes that NT and its progeny are going to take over the world, there seems to be a clear upper limit on how far SQL Server can go in capturing market share unless MSFT does the unthinkable and ports it to Unix. In fact, what is remarkable in a way is just how large a percentage of the NT market Oracle has considering the near total dominance MSFT in product categories like Office.

To: JAPG who wrote (43524)	6/15/2001 1:29:34 PM
From: areokat	Respond to of 54805

Worth watching match From another CRMDaily article, same link. <snip> While the bashers have had a field day with Oracle and Larry Ellison, the plain fact of the matter is that Oracle is still a very formidable company. As CRMDaily reported earlier, Oracle not only has held its overall market share but has edged up fractionally, albeit more slowly than Microsoft and IBM. Most of the gains among the big three database companies were largely at the expense of smaller competitors. Kat@diffentbeatsfordifferentfolks.edu