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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (9152)	12/15/1998 3:37:00 PM
From: joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19080

Michelle, I read that the NC is officially buried now. Sun/Oracle have officially given up on this. I think this was in one of the articles on the new "slimed" down Oracle database boxes. IMO, the new box will be another Ellison PR trick, to eventually be debunked. ("new OS", LMAO!!) Also, MSFT's new version 7.0 SQL is improved. This is a clip from TSC article by Jim Seymour (12/10/98 3:34 PM ET) No doubt piqued by Larry Ellison's continued goading from Oracle's executive suite -- not to mention the screams from IT people who bet their careers on pre-7.0 SQL Server and lost -- Microsoft cleaned up its act with the new version 7.0 of SQL Server. Now, all Microsoft's (old) promises are coming true: it can run bigger databases. If still not the biggest ones, but that's not important yet in the layer of the DBMS market MSFT wants to own. The short of it: SQL Server is now fast and perfectly suited for that big, rich middle market where Oracle's prices and long-time Bad Attitude have frustrated so many customers. Microsoft's going to take a chunk out of Oracle's hide in that critical, immensely profitable slice of the market over the next couple of years. " (note the bold reference, since it refers to the ability of Oracle to come out with a better and less expensive product for it's customers....NOT) joe