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Last Updated: Jun 27, 2002

Global belt-tightening, particularly within governments, could put the squeeze on Microsoft's market share. Could a penguin waddle away with some of Microsoft's biggest accounts?

Microsoft: Oracle isn't "all that"

By Margie Semilof (27 Jun 2002)

Microsoft's director of SQL Server hardly thinks you should kick the Windows habit -- he thinks you should pick it up, especially in the database space. Stan Sorensen talks to SearchWin2000 about SQL Server and what it has over Oracle's vaunted 9i.

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NEWS:
>>	Kicking the Windows habit: Domino vs. Exchange (SearchWinIT) 24 Jun 2002
>>	Kicking the Windows habit: eDirectory vs. Active Directory (SearchWinIT) 21 Jun 2002
>>	Kicking the Windows habit: .NET vs. WebSphere (SearchWinIT) 20 Jun 2002
>>	Kicking the Windows habit: OpenOffice vs. Microsoft Office (SearchWinIT) 19 Jun 2002
>>	Kicking the Windows habit: Apache vs. IIS (SearchWinIT) 18 Jun 2002
>>	Nader: Hit Microsoft where it hurts (CNET) 04 Jun 2002
>>	Sun's StarOffice launch angers Microsoft (IT-Director) 16 May 2002
>>	Greenpeace cans Windows (vnunet) 14 May 2002
>>	Desktop becoming less Windowscentric (SearchWinIT) 12 Jun 2002
>>	Server Wars: Attack of the penguin (SearchWinIT) 20 May 2002
>>	Wal-Mart offers major boost to Lindows (vnunet) 17 Jun 2002
>>	Peru bids Microsoft stranglehold to break (vnunet) 25 Jun 2002


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>>	Best Web Links-->Client Administration-->Licensing
>>	Best Web Links-->Client Administration-->Software Distribution
>>	Best Web Links-->Exchange and Other Groupware-->Lotus Notes/Domino
>>	Best Web Links-->Active Directory & Network Administration-->Novell NDS
>>	Best Web Links-->Servers-->Other Unix
>>	Best Web Links-->Internet & Web Administration-->Internet Information Server (IIS)
>>	Best Web Links-->Exchange and Other Groupware
>>	Best Web Links-->Applications-->Office XP
>>	Best Web Links-->Servers-->SQL Server

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