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Technology Stocks : OBJECT DESIGN Inc.: Bargain of the year!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Erez who wrote (2256)	9/4/1998 10:51:00 AM
From: Edward F. Horst Jr.	Respond to of 3194

It has been very difficult to buy at the Bid, or even last sale price the last two days. I finally paid 1/4 today for another lot, so I keep accumulating going with the flow. I agree something strong operationally or prospects of overall valuation to others increasing with each new partnering arrangement. Looking good. Let's hope the favorable scenario keeps playing out. Nice to have a few small cap techs whose price isn't eroding. That, in itself, is a powerful indicator!

To: Erez who wrote (2256)	9/5/1998 5:15:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3194

Erez and all: *Here's the BIG GREAT NEWS that pumped up our beloved gem!!!* September 07, 1998, Issue: 699 Section: Top Of The Week Object Database For Dell -- European Web Site To Use ObjectStore To Manage Data Rich Levin Dell Computer is turning to an object-oriented database to solve a data-management problems posed by its European Web site, which handles $1 million in sales each day from customers in 17 countries. It's a problem more companies face as E-commerce grows-and one that could spur more interest in object databases. Starting in November, Dell plans to migrate some of the content on its European Web site from a Windows NT file system to Object Design Inc.'s ObjectStore object database. The deal, valued at about $500,000, will be announced this week. "There's an issue of fit here," says Merv Adrian, an analyst at Giga Information Group. "Object databases are a natural for managing extremely complex dynamic Web content. Relational databases and [object-relational] hybrids aren't." Dell's European Web site manages content in 11 languages and feeds more than 1,000 subsites. "We have to generate different versions and views of the site, depending on the user, their country, and their language," says David Brooke, Dell's European chief technology officer. "The relational model became too cumbersome as our site grew." Dell will continue to use Microsoft's SQL Server, Site Server Commerce Edition, and Active Server Pages alongside the object database. By moving some of the content to programmable objects, Dell expects to reap major savings in ongoing content creation, programming, and management. "We're spending hundreds of thousands of dollars every quarter just grinding out localized and custom content," says Brooke. "That's a massive cost which is going to disappear." Object technology will let Dell design content once and adapt it across many Web-site variations. One Design, Many Adaptations Giga's Adrian predicts the $140 million object database market will grow by more than 50% this year, driven largely by businesses using the technology for Web and E-commerce efforts. Dell's domestic Web sites, which operate independently of its European operations, will remain based on Microsoft's SQL Server database, say Dell officials. Some companies are choosing object databases for other kinds of business applications typically handled by relational databases. Reinsurer John B. Collins Assoc. is spending $300,000 to move its applications to an object platform. The company hopes to have all brokerage, accounting, invoicing, statements, and other ERP functions tied to an object database by early 1999. "The complexity of our system is not in the transactional volume; it's in relationships of the data," says David Wahlroos, Collins' VP of IS. "We looked at universal [object relational] databases, but they only store objects. They don't manage relationships between the objects. If your business rules are complex, object databases are ideal." --- Signs Of Maturing Market For Object Databases - ODMG standards are widely supported - Object-oriented programming languages such as C++ and Java are popular - Design tools support Unified Modeling Language - List of reference sites keeps growing - Leading vendors Object Design Inc. and Versant go public Copyright r 1998 CMP Media Inc. Such an endorsement!! Dream on.... dream on... the wild way! Gustave.