What's the best way...

Richard Witkopp witkopp@idt.com
Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:08:46 -0800


The word I heard is they bought it to piss off Sybase, who
was looking into buying it at the time.

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> From:	owner-powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu 
> [mailto:owner-powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu] On Behalf Of Kogan, Arthur
> Sent:	Thursday, March 18, 1999 3:48 PM
> To:	Robert J.M. Edis; 'powerh-l@lists.swau.edu'
> Subject:	RE: What's the best way...
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> Isn't RDB something Oracle bought in order to kill it?
> They are doing it by stopping development and charging huge 
> maintenance fees.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Robert J.M. Edis [SMTP:Robert.Edis@creatcomp.com]
> Sent:	Friday, 19 March 1999 9:36 AM
> To:	'powerh-l@lists.swau.edu'
> Subject:	RE: What's the best way...
> 
> We had access to Oracle Arthur, Oracle Rdb!
> 
> Blue
> 
> 
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From:	Kogan, Arthur [SMTP:akogan@westpac.com.au]
> 	Sent:	Thursday, March 18, 1999 5:40 PM
> 	To:	Chris Sharman; Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM
> 	Cc:	powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> 	Subject:	RE: What's the best way...
> 
> 		>	BTW, nice to see REVERSE is present in all 8.x
> components: any other
> 		>	corrections to my post of gains & losses for VMS
> 7->8 ?
> 
> 
> 		What about access to Oracle gained by going to 
> version 8?
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