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To: robert b furman who wrote (17671)	11/27/2002 1:02:24 PM
From: Qualified Opinion	Respond to of 19079

Good luck Bob -eom

To: robert b furman who wrote (17671)	11/27/2002 1:31:41 PM
From: Qualified Opinion	Respond to of 19079

Happy Thanksgiving to all - eom

To: robert b furman who wrote (17671)	12/6/2002 9:17:49 AM
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Bob, I commenced the repurchase of my equity position yesterday afternoon. I will be adding to my position today. Rob

To: robert b furman who wrote (17671)	12/8/2002 8:42:32 AM
From: Qualified Opinion	Respond to of 19079

Oracle unveils ERP suite for Europe's mid-market 6 December 2002 Database and applications software vendor Oracle has unveiled a new cut-down version of its E-Business applications suite targeted at midsize companies in Europe. Its E-Business Suite Special Edition, which Oracle will sell pre-installed on hardware, is intended to reduce the cost and implementation time of enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications for mid-market customers. Oracle partners in 13 European countries will sell the software, which includes financial accounting, sales order management, inventory management and purchasing modules. The software is most suitable for companies with between 10 and 25 ERP users. Organisations that require more licences will have to upgrade to the more expensive E-Business Suite for large enterprises. The company's partners will be able to determine the price of the product, which will differ depending on added software and services. An Oracle spokesperson said that the E-Business Suite Special Edition costs less than $100,000 for 15 users. This price includes hardware, implementation, a year's support, licences and training. But none of Oracle's hardware partners have so far signed up to the new product suite, although it is seeking to persuade Hewlett-Packard, Dell Computer and Sun Microsystems to adopt it. The E-Business Suite Special Edition server will have two microprocessors, four gigabytes of memory, and will run on open-source software vendor Red Hat's Advanced Linux Server. The new software will be targeted at companies with between 100 and 500 employees and revenues of between €20 million and €250 million. "There are around 200,000 European companies in this category we define as the mid-market," said Alfonso Di Ianni, senior vice president of Oracle's marketing, alliances and channels. The company's move marks a step up in competition in the lucrative European mid-market, which rivals such as software giant Microsoft and German business applications software specialist SAP are also targeting. Link:http://www.infoconomy.com/pages/news-and-gossip/group71425.adp

To: robert b furman who wrote (17671)	12/8/2002 9:00:05 AM
From: Qualified Opinion	Respond to of 19079

Oracle Touts Linux Support By Lisa Vaas BOSTON—Oracle Corp. Vice President of Marketing Rene Bonvanie on Wednesday opened the Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo 2002 by demonstrating a simulation of an "unbreakable" eight-node cluster running the company's Oracle9i RAC (Real Application Cluster) technology on top of Linux. With equipment set up to resemble database servers and four application servers, Bonvanie flipped off various nodes to demonstrate a facsimile of the near-instantaneous redistribution of resources to functioning nodes that is enabled by RAC technology. Besides Oracle's familiar claims of unbreakability, Bonvanie took pains to point out the cost benefit of running Oracle on Linux compared with purchasing $50 million IBM mainframes on which to run the free open-source operating system. The hardware for the cluster system set up for the show, his assistant pointed out, cost $3,000 at the most. Bonvanie also alluded to the work Oracle has been doing to make Oracle "unbreakable" on Linux, including releasing code for Oracle Cluster File system, which Red Hat Inc. made available to enterprise customers last month. Oracle's Cluster File system supports database files, archive logs, redo files and control files. Moves such as offering Cluster File code, which Bonvanie called "very unusual for a very large [independent software vendor]" like Oracle, are designed to allow customers to manage their database storage in an Oracle9i RAC configuration as easily as on a single system—evidence that Oracle is committed to supporting Linux throughout its product line. "All of our products will become available on Linux, and we will work with the Linux vendors to make that happen," Bonvanie said. "We're very focused on bringing quality of service to Linux that is competitive or better than what you would get from any operating system or system vendor." Link:http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,746317,00.asp