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To: Bipin Prasad who wrote (8921)	2/3/1998 4:37:00 PM
From: marq	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10836

Hi, Everything i know so far comes from the following sites which i have been pouring over when i have the time: poet.com rational.com odi.com byte.com (search on 'object database') odmg.org objy.com It seems that 'object database' is a misnomer in some respects, b/c "object databases" are quite different in terms of engineering from relational databases. I like "persistent storage and retrieval" of objects. So much to learn, too little time. Cheers, m

To: Bipin Prasad who wrote (8921)	2/3/1998 8:07:00 PM
From: Tom C	Respond to of 10836

Bipin, [OFF TOPIC COMPLETLY] You might want to look at the Object Design thread. The earnings this quarter are expected to be a disappointment (they pre-announced). Revenue is up but they expect to report a loss. The previous quarters showed positive earning. The pre-announcement of a loss caused the stock to drop from 9-10 in December, to around 5 1/2 in the first weeks of January. The uncertainty of Tech stocks and the database market did not help. Its currently trades around 6 to 6 «. Oops, I just checked the closing price today was 7. I've been traveling a lot lately, but I do not think they have reported yet. After they report it should be a good time to buy. It's a risk, but Object Databases certainly have a place in the database market. The question is, when and how big? Until this quarter, which I have not seen, they have been growing at around 35 % a year. Expectations were for at least 50%. I have been accumulating this stock for over a year. Not that that means anything. I'm a buy and hold type of investor. You should definitely ask questions on exchange2000.com Regards Tom