Hi All oracle taking over redhat...makes lotta of sense...actually..
Redhat Products Oracle Products Redahat Database Oracle Database Redhat collabration suite oracel collab suite Redhat Devlopement env Oracle ids Redhat strongholdweb & app sever Oracel9ias Redhat portal framework orcale portal makes strategic sense :-)..Hope larry and marketing gurus are lsitening :-0 regards Hrishy P.S:This is waht happnes when DBA start acting like marketing gurus :-) --- Mark Leith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And this is a good thing? > > ;) > > > -----Original Message----- > Mladen Gogala > Sent: 27 October 2003 14:24 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > I believe that Red Hat would be much better > acquisition target then > PeopleSoft. First of all, Peoplesoft doesn't seem to > like the idea, > second, Peoplesoft is very expensive. Red Hat would > be much cheaper > and would help oracle branch into other areas, where > they could > bundle database in a "enterprise package" and, > basically, become > another Microsoft. > > On 10/27/2003 08:44:33 AM, DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: > > Mladen, Mogens - If Oracle were to slash prices, > there are several > > factors > > to consider. First, what does that do to Oracle's > bottom line? Would > > sales > > increase dramatically enough to keep overall > revenue from falling? I > > think > > the stagnant economy over the last few years has > been tough on > > everyone and > > there aren't a lot of extra dollars to be found. > > Second, how would Microsoft and IBM react? > Years ago, Oracle's > > main > > competitors were Sybase and Informix, database > companies like Oracle. > > Now > > the main competitors are Microsoft and IBM, where > database revenues > > are a > > minor portion of their revenues, at least that is > my impression. > > Maybe > > not a > > smart idea to start a price war with someone that > is not very > > dependent on > > database revenues. > > > > Dennis Williams > > DBA > > Lifetouch, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 1:35 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > On 2003.10.27 00:34, Mogens Nørgaard wrote: > > > > > I have this radical idea that Oracle should > include RAC in SE at no > > extra > > > > > price (I think that would spread the product > fast :) ), > > > > That would, quite likely, be the end of RAC. RAC > is a great tool for > > those > > who > > need it, but it's far too complex for the "general > public", if such > > creature > > > > exists. Mass deployment of RAC would be likely to > overextend support > > and > > give > > the product itself a bad rap and cause a huge > controversy which would > > probably > > result in a significant product deterioration. > That would be shame, > > because > > > > clustered databases can be extremely useful in the > environments that > > need > > them. Having a bunch of PHB types trying to do "10 > Teraflops on my > > database" > > > > would probably result in a disaster for the > product itself. > > > > In other words, if oracle is getting slammed by > the competition, they > > should > > > > cut prices across the board and not get creative > with the options. I > > believe > > > > that the ultra cheap version for $150/seat is a > step in the right > > direction. > > -- > > Mladen Gogala > > Oracle DBA > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: Mladen Gogala > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 > http://www.fatcity.com > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and > web hosting services > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be > removed from). 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