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To: DMaA who wrote (16030)	6/12/1998 4:10:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

>>Apologies for mixed metaphor. Toilets have triggers, too. P.S. to also-suffering-COMS-EEs: I'm just venting. COMS seems to be the least of my woes lately. I'll be looking to "beta" some of that new fancy ADSL routing gear. ;-)

To: DMaA who wrote (16030)	6/12/1998 7:52:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Oracle to make database software for 3Com PalmPilot REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., June 12 (Reuters) - Oracle Corp. ORCL.O and 3Com Corp. COMS.O have agreed to develop miniature database software to allow mobile workers to tap into their companies' information warehouses via 3Com's handheld PalmPilot computer. The goal is to create computer programs that give employees access to customer profiles, inventory price sheets, and the like while they were in the field using inexpensive handheld computers. By some estimates, about 40 percent of the national work force will be mobile by 2000. Giving big companies an alternative to $3,000 laptops with the $300 PalmPilot "is a huge deal," said Jacob Christford, Oracle marketing manager. Oracle is the biggest developer of database software, the computer programs that big companies use to store and retrieve giant libraries of business information. 3Com is the second-biggest maker of computer networking gear. One of its units makes the PalmPilot, the most popular handheld computer. The device stores appointments, contact information and can communicate with other computers through modems. As part of their development agreement, the companies will release a test version of the Palm "conduit development kit" in August. The communication kit would allow a PalmPilot to retrieve information from an Oracle database for viewing and to send data back to the central database. In the first quarter of 1999, the companies plan to release Oracle Lite, a miniature version of the company's flagship database program that would run on the PalmPilot. Oracle said it was developing similar software for other types of handhelds, including those based on Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT.O Windows CE technology. o~~~ O