Mark A wrote:
> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:1087793552.594682_at_yasure...
>
>>And in the past I would have agreed with you: Not any more!
>>
>>But I have written quotes on both current to within the last 60 days. So
>>I am not likely to be wrong. In fact I have it on good authority that
>>given a quote from IBM or Microsoft ... Oracle will match it or beat it.
>>I think like so much in this business ... the over-pricing of Oracle has
>>become mythology rather than reality.
>>
>>--
>>Daniel Morgan
>
>
> As I stated, Oracle is loosing market share rapidly, especially on Windows,
> so they are slashing prices. The only other explanation is that they are
> really stupid to lower their prices so much (I don't think anyone would said
> that Oracle execs are stupid).
I don't see the numbers and don't care about the numbers ... but the
other reason Oracle might be slashing prices is that Microsoft is trying
to clone Oracle's multiversion technology in Yukon and Oracle might
want a bigger marketshare before facing a 'real' competitor on that
operating system.
--
Daniel Morgan
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Received on Mon Jun 21 2004 - 01:26:52 CDT
