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Tue Jun 4 12:17:20 MDT 2013

ORACLE TO BUILD $199 NETWORK COMPUTERS 
Oracle, the database software company known for its "enterprise resource
planning" software for large corporations, will create a new company that
will sell $199 "network computers" using the Linux operating system,
Netscape software for browsing the Web, and an Intel microprocessor. Oracle
chief Larry Ellison has been a long-time foe of Microsoft, and this new plan
would be a way of developing a strong alternative to Microsoft operating
systems.  (Bloomberg News/New York Times 28 Oct 99) 
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/biztech/articles/28oracle.html