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To: Boplicity who wrote (84999)	12/12/1998 3:05:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Greg, I saw this on the Oracle thread also. Im not quite sure what to make of it yet.... although I have often seen SQL as an extension of the unix file system so why not? Anything to simplify the configuration of the low-midrange servers I like - these things are too complicated and they need to be streamlined now that every mom and pop need a web server and financial software etc. to run their small biz. The real problem with the announcement is the sun connection. I dont like Sun as a vendor of anything but very high end servers and this is a low end concept I feel - Suns mfg facility just isnt competitive. However I havent looked lately they may have cleaned things up a little, or got some new leadership. That said, appliance, nichey systems have never really flown before.

To: Boplicity who wrote (84999)	12/12/1998 3:50:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 176387

Dead on arrival? Remember Ellison's (Oracle) NetPC(?) from couple of years ago,wonder what happened to that? Mind you this is is just an announcement,as you know reality is a long way from cheap talk based on spite,I am not saying this won't work but I need to see it first. I have a feeling this announcement has a lot to do with hatred for Gates and Microsoft and less to do with any business strategy,a la Compaq's strategy to go direct as an affront on DELL at the risk of losing established business relationship (and business) with Resellers. Any business strategy based entirely on pure spite is doomed to fail. Of course this is just my opinion and I reserve the right to be wrong as always.<g>