Fw: Oracle Retains database crown despite IBM purchase

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Reg" <rayreg@mail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 13:28:45 -0500
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Oracle Retains database crown despite IBM purchase


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From: "Ray Reg" <rayreg@mail.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Bcc: ray.regalado@emersonprocess.com
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 13:28:45 -0500
Subject: Oracle Retains database crown despite IBM purchase

In my book IBM is the loser.
They just lost a big contract with our company (about 75 divisions)...Oracle is 
now the preferred way.  I heard corporate could not refuse the low, low price 
Oracle gave them.


>Before the applause settles...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MacGregor, David
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 1:56 PM
> To: Shields, Ken
> Subject: Oracle Retains database crown despite IBM purchase
> Importance: High
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> Follow-up: From Computerworld/Gartner...
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> Gartner: Despite the recent purchase, IBM announced today that it plans to
> discontinue the entire line of Informix database management software in the
> 3rd quarter of 2002, to streamline its current operations.
>
> "We only wanted to hold the crown. We were not planning on keeping it."
>
> Even so, with Informix out of the equation as a competitor, IBM and Oracle
> will both strengthen their hold on the marketplace, according to Justin,
> senior correspondent, at Computerworld.

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