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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (1903)	9/9/1998 4:52:00 AM
From: nihil	Respond to of 2578

This discussion seems to be untimely ... quit complaining and get in line. Catch this Sept 8 AP copyrighted story: Protest slashes gasoline prices SAN FRANCISCO (AP)--Motorists are lining up for blocks in the San Francisco Bay area this week to take advantage of a popular protest--99-cent gallon gas. Gasoline dealers are fighting alleged unfair pricing strategies by their distributor, Tosco Oil Co. The Bay area pays about 35 cents more per gallon than in Southern California. Some customers are waiting in line so long they're running out of gas. Sergio Reyes waited 35 minutes Tuesday to fill his tank at one of two British Petroleum stations offering the sale in San Francisco. Was it worth it? "Absolutely," he said. "I purposely drove on fumes to take advantage of this situation. It's unfair that L.A. has cheaper prices, but I don't want to live there either." On Monday, the United Dealer Group, an organization of 500 California franchise gasoline dealers, kicked off the protest at Owner Rod Akky's BP station in San Ramon. Akky estimated he lost $2,200. "I'm losing money but I'm making a statement," he said. "It's a matter of greed and consumer gouging for the oil companies." But Paul Oves, vice president of public affairs for Tosco, denied the allegations. He said larger competitors such as Chevron, Texaco and Shell determine the prices at Bay area pumps. "Supply and demand is a factor, but you can't compare prices in Los Angeles to San Francisco because they are two different markets with different dynamics," Oves said. The five-hour sale rotates to different stations each day this week. The 99-cent sale moves to a Hayward BP station on Wednesday. Unocal stations join in Thursday in South San Francisco and Friday in Santa Clara.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (1903)	9/10/1998 11:47:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 2578

Hi Dell Bear Thread, well Oracle numbers are out tonight and once again they are horrible - well the people on the Oracle thread dont think so, they think they are great, but they have the brains of a clam. Oracle posted only 16% rise in license revenue, the rest was services (which dont matter). To me it seems like Msft sql server 7 is an Oracle killer in the Novell tradition, meaning all the dbms server revenue will move from the unix-based vendors to NT-based Dell or Cpq. Any thoughts on this? Sorry if off topic just send me a pm. Michelle