No more unix - OT
- From: "Sinardy Xing" <SinardyXing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 14:19:06 +0800
Hi all,
After Sun fading out, Linux popularity move so slow...
Oracle and Microsoft Cut a Software Deal
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Two longtime rivals, Oracle
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and Microsoft
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, announced a partnership yesterday intended to help Oracle's databases work
better with Microsoft's Windows operating system.
The move, analysts say, is another step by Microsoft to improve its relations
with other companies in the industry, even fierce competitors like Oracle. It
is a pragmatic one for Oracle because many of its customers, up to 40 percent,
run its database software on Windows.
"This is a recognition that Windows is an important platform for many of our
customers," said Andrew Mendelsohn, senior vice president for database
technology at Oracle.
Under the agreement, Oracle will join Microsoft's Visual Studio partner
program. Visual Studio is the technology that software developers use to write
programs for Windows. They will now be able to use Microsoft programming tools
to write programs for Oracle's databases.
The agreement, the first of its kind between Oracle and Microsoft, could lead
to further cooperation, executives at both companies said yesterday. But
Microsoft and Oracle, analysts said, continue to compete aggressively in the
market for database software.
In addition, Oracle has pointed to Microsoft's presence in the business
software market as evidence that its bid to acquire PeopleSoft
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will not hinder competition. The Justice Department has sued to stop the
Oracle-PeopleSoft merger.
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