FYI - Clip from Wall Street Journal April 7th -
Mapinfo Corp. Dow Jones Newswires -- April 7, 1999
Oracle To Integrate MapInfo Pdts Onto Internet Database>ORCL
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (Dow Jones)--Oracle Corp. (ORCL) expects to integrate
MapInfo Corp.'s (MAPS) Internet-based spatial and mapping products onto its
Oracle8i Internet database.
Financial details weren't disclosed.
In a press release Wednesday, Oracle said it expects the complete set of
MapInfo products supporting Oracle's database and Internet platform to be
available in June.
The company said that with this integration, the data could be used in data
warehouse, enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management
applications.
The company also said MapInfo will resell Oracle's database, while Oracle
will license MapInfo's projection-management technology.
MapInfo Corp., Troy, N.Y., provides Internet-based products and
applications.
Oracle is a software supplier.
John Schlosser wrote:
> Neil-
> I enjoy your 'stick-it-to-ESRI' comments. In your message below, you
> allude to adding Spatialware to Oracle8i. But I thought Spatialware
> would not be available for Oracle8i. If you've heard different news,
> I'm interested.
>
MapInfo shares up 1 7/8ths to $15 today on 58,000 share volume.
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