Just to put things in perspective.

This was taken from el Reg. ;-) "New software sales rose just 14 per cent year-over-year. Wall Street hoped Oracle could push that figure to between 15 per cent and 20 per cent. New database and middleware licenses rose 9 per cent - a drop from the first quarter - and new application licenses increased 28 per cent - missing a 40 per cent forecast from analysts." Now this is regarding Oracle's numbers which were just released. Note that Oracle's "database and middleware license rose just 9%. This missed the "double digit" growth. Also note that analysts aren't really interested in specific product breakdown. What they are interested in is overall growth and segement breakdown. Note that the database and middleware is still Oracle's core business. Double digit growth there along with a higher growth in net new application license would have pleased the analysts. IMHO, Oracle is still suffering growing pains. Their purchase of the accounting apps have definitely given them a longer term edge. _________________________________________________________________ Visit MSN Holiday Challenge for your chance to win up to $50,000 in Holiday cash from MSN today! http://www.msnholidaychallenge.com/index.aspx?ocid=tagline&locale=en-us