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To: aps who wrote (9743)	3/9/1999 12:51:00 PM
From: Orlando Stevenson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19080

Aps, My understanding is that product sales is largely viewed as enabling and driving services revenues; for example, folks replacing Oracle w/M$ SQL Server aren't going to be calling Oracle for services (imp/dev/ etc.) Partnering moves with like the following can only help solidify Oracle's product presence: Linux maker Red Hat gets new heavyweight backers <http://fast.quote.com/fq/quotecom/news?story=9348116&symbols=orcl> Also, if the slowdown in services is so pronounced, why does Oracle have the quantities of job postings at <http://jobs.oracle.com/jol_ext-jolpd-dad/owa/jol_www_pages_pkg.jol_home?p_job_type=P> ? 115 hits - Search for "Engineer" in USA geographical area. 239 hits - Search for "Consultant" in USA geographical area. 406 world wide.. 335 hits - Search for "Services" in USA geographical area. 419 hits - Search for "Application" in USA geographical area. I would agree that comparing position postings over time might be a better indicator.. but this still seems strong even w/~10,000 global consultants. Today's trading pattern also looks very supporting of a continued upward move for the near term (up/consolidate/close higher) Go Oracle! Regards, Orlando