[An appropriate setup for some businesses might be to use midrange servers for the database and smaller servers for their applications, he said. However,] in a couple of years it's not inconceivable that we could be recommending [Intel-based servers] for everything, ... It's not out of the question. |
[But Oracle had no choice but to swallow up other companies, Ellison said. He saw it as a case of eat or be eaten.] We wanted to be a survivor and consolidator, ... And we felt the only way to survive and prosper was through acquisition. |
[If you want to place blame, look at plunging profits, sagging demand and uncertain outlooks. Just today, for example, Adobe dropped sharply after the company lowered its profit outlook for the next quarter. Most tech companies have limited visibility as it is, and the uncertainty brought about by last week's attacks won't help.] We don't think things are recovering, ... and in light of the latest events in New York and D.C., we're anticipating things to be slightly worse. |
[The catalyst for this Net revolution will be Europe, because] Europe has a two-year lead over the U.S. in this (cellular Net access) technology, ... Europe has the most advanced devices, the most advanced technology and the lowest prices [for cellular calls], so if wireless access to the Internet takes off anywhere, it'll take off in Europe. |
[The offering essentially is a juiced-up Oracle database that also happens to run e-mail, voicemail, calendar and file-sharing functions.] The suites always win, ... The specialty guys can never survive for long. |
[These days, many companies are cutting back on their technology purchases. Oracle's alternative service] for $10 a month will do all your accounting, all your human resources, all your customer relationship management ... all you need is a cheap PC with a Web browser, ... The customer saves money and it's much easier for the customer not to deal with the technical details. |
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a bag of viruses. |
A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others. |
A new giant will be born, |
A year from now, we'll have over 4,000 customers live on the e-business suite. |
All of Tom's experience will be very valuable to Oracle for the next couple of years, ... I have no problem with him saying not-nice things about me in the past. I might have said some things about him. I forget. That's all water under the bridge. We're on the same team again. |
All our acquisitions are designed to move us into the number one position. Because we believe the lion's share of profits go to category leaders. |
All the information about you as a patient would be in one spot, ... The idea here is to stop collecting paper. |
Apple needs to worry about doing something different. It's back to innovation and creativity. |