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To: jim kelley who wrote (85051)	12/12/1998 6:29:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Jim - DELL has been working with Oracle for sometime to sell preconfigured DELL Oracle database servers. Interesting post. I assume you are aware that this capability builds on a piece of technology co-developed by CPQ and Oracle called the 'oracle system sizer'. This work was completed in summer of '96. CPQ got a 1 year exclusive on use of the product (as well as co-ownership rights on the code). When the exclusive expired, oracle moved to get it into more OEMs. BTW, CPQ has more than 60% of the Oracle on NT installed base and better than 50% of new installs. Typical setup times using this technology are a few hours - one of the reasons CPQ captured such a big share of that business.

To: jim kelley who wrote (85051)	12/12/1998 7:56:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Hi jim... really? You mean, Oracle preconfigured on NT on the Dell servers? Wnder how msft feels about that... I always felt they bullied Dell out of Navigator - maybe. It doesnt really surprise me, in house Dell is 100% Oracle but I wondered if that would change after Sql server shipped. I was under the impression that there was something with Oracle Enterprise manager going on at Dell. Absolutely no idea why I think that so dont call me on it. But, its a low end NT configuration thing, so maybe. Preconfigured databases on small to mid range boxes are the way to go imo. Honestly I dont think it matters that much at the low end whether Sql server or Oracle is on there to the Dell customer - just a guess. Oracle has a high end feel however.