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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (176429)	1/9/2004 6:36:13 PM
From: rkral	Respond to of 186894

OT .. Lizzie, re "yeah but 81-83 was a froth period, a bubble for tech. Believe me, if Oracle could* have gone public then they would have.*" I'm skeptical. Look at the situation for MSFT, for instance. Founded in April 1975, more that 2 years before ORCL, MSFT didn't IPO until March 1986 either. This occurred despite the fact MSFT was able to IPO at revenues of $140MM versus $55MM for ORCL. In lieu of your proposed reason of product buildup, I could just as easily believe Larry Ellison took his company public because Bill Gates was doing so. <gg> Regards, Ron