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To: rudedog who wrote (38834)	12/5/1998 8:44:00 PM
From: rupert1	Respond to of 97611

CPQ THREAD STOCK-PICKING COMPETITION UPDATE These are the current prices of stock-picks. Some selections have been higher since the start of the competition on 2Oth November, 1998 for weekenders and 23rd for Monday Quarterbacks. Please comment if you pick has exceeded 20% closing price prior to today. Please comment if you would like to explain why your pick has such a rotten record to date. No quotes available for those marked * ____________________________________________________________________ FINAL LIST A weekend contest based on closing prices for Friday, 20th November, 1998. Name one stock that will increase 20% before 31st December, 1998. Must be a closing price. Provide brief fundamental or technical reasons. However, in view of the interest from late-comers I have created three categories of contestants: 1. Weekenders 2. Monday Quarterbacks 3. Jimbos (Posters who predict retroactively). You could qualify for (2) if you use closing price for Monday 23rd November, 1998. Here is the list of contestants: 1) Weekenders 12/5/98 CGarcia CMPL 19 15/16 12 3/4 Pruguy NOVL 16 13/16 17 15/16 Dale J WTSLA 24 1/2 28 7/8 rudedog PSQL 12 10 1/2 Elwood DNCC ( & CMPL) 5 31/32 4 13/16 vepoc CA (& CRUS) 41 1/4 (12 5/8) 43 13/16 (2) Monday Quarterbacks Sheila R IOM 7 13/16 7 7/16 KenyaAA CREE 39 39 5/8 Robbie TLAB 54 5/16 * Robin D. ATYTF (?) * 10 7/8 PCSS THDO 3 3 13/16 Bill Chow MSPG 59 7/16 59 1/2 Sueponine CIEN 18 7/16 17 7/8 SCBarnard GDXA 30 1/4 * Bruno Cipolla SNDK 12 1/8 * 3) Jimbos Cobb (To be announced after 1/1/99) McCoy (To be announced after 1/1/99)

To: rudedog who wrote (38834)	12/5/1998 11:08:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Good thing I read this thread ocassionally to keep you honest. The problem with Oracle at Sun is a Sun problem. I know that, because SGI down the street went live on Oracle in record time. I know people at Sun that have come and gone on that implementation.... its a management problem, having to do with Suns insistence that they rewrite part of the technology in order to support their business (the old NIH problem). Management is too weak to say no and force the business users into a new model. Thats one of the problems, theres many others. I agree Oracle is a weak third player, but virtually every other company in Silicon Valley has implemented Oracle (a few have gone Sap) and most started after Sun did and completed at least a year ago. Sun is a mfg disaster and they better fix things over there thats all I have to say, because Dell and Cpq are coming. Michelle