RE: Oh Dear, Mr. Ellison's at it again

[Boivin, Patrice J]

Title: RE: Oh Dear, Mr. Ellison's at it again

19th Century... electric cars were being made in the late 1800s... not much progress since.

 

: )

 

Pat.

-----Original Message-----
From: Goulet, Dick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 4:04 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: Oh Dear, Mr. Ellison's at it again

Jeremy,

 

    True, you should watch what you wish for because it may well come true!!

 

    RIP Oracle???

 

Dick Goulet

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Pulcifer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 2:14 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: Oh Dear, Mr. Ellison's at it again

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Goulet, Dick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:45 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Oh Dear, Mr. Ellison's at it again
>
>
> Ellison: Linux Will Wipe Microsoft Out Of The Data Center
>
> In dramatic terms, Oracle Corp. Chairman and CEO Larry
> Ellison predicted the open-source operating system will wipe
> Microsoft "off the face of the earth" in the battle for the
> data center market.
>
> Wonder if anyone has clued him into MySql and PostGreSql yet!!

Um, as he was talking about Linux, I suppose that MySQL and PostGres would actually bolster his claim. Perhaps to his own detriment, though...

However, I liked this...
Quoting Larry, who is quoted in the ComputerWorld article mentioned:

"The computer industry is finally moving from a cottage industry to an industrial industry. We're moving at breakneck pace toward the 19th century," he quipped.

Gotta say, that's pretty funny.