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To: Tech Master who wrote (5747)	3/2/1998 4:06:00 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 19080

Economist Magazine article, Feb. 28-March 6, 1998, Science and Technology Section. economist.com Article states Computer Associates has a new software program named "Jasmine" that will supercede relational database software such as Oracle's, Sybase's and Informix's, just like relational databases replaced "flat file" programs. Len

To: Tech Master who wrote (5747)	3/2/1998 4:25:00 PM
From: seth thomas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19080

Up more than 25% year to year? So you are saying ORCL will do more than 1.75 billion this quarter? That's a big number. And, to do .20 after tax, they'd have to turn a profit of around $320 MM pre-tax. That would be their second biggest quarter ever. To "blow it away," say .25/share, would require $400MM profit pre-tax. You still think so? You think ORCL is about to announce it's second biggest quarter ever? BTW, won't be much of my cash. I bought puts, when they were cheap, not shorting. My exposure is small, and upside is big. I'm already up over 50% on these and the stock hasn't even fallen big time yet.