Niall, Oh I doubt that Oracle falls into the same category at the moment, but they sure could end up headed in that direction. _____ From: Niall Litchfield [mailto:niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 4:22 AM To: Goulet, Dick Cc: Oracle-L Subject: Re: Solid State Disks for Databases On 9/27/05, Goulet, Dick <DGoulet@xxxxxxxx> wrote: Ugh Apple. The dinosaur that died, but forgot to fall. That's standard for our industry. SUN, Novell, Apple all still alive and kicking with no real means of support. It's possible that Oracle is in the same boat. -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com