Say This About Oracle: It’s Still Not Dead - Businessweek

Excerpt from an Oracle reality check

"The weird thing is that Ellison is as rich as ever thanks to Oracle’s ability to withstand a ton of competitive pressure. In the last week the company’s market capitalization rose above that of IBM, one of its major competitors in the database and business software market. That means it closed about a $50 billion gap in the past five years. For much of that time, analysts insisted that IBM was doing everything right and that Oracle had no future. Now it’s IBM that has the tough questions to answer about its strategy. Oracle’s shares have also outperformed those of Microsoft (MSFT) and SAP (SAP) over the past two years and are dead even with those of Salesforce.com (CRM), cloud computing’s hero."

Say This About Oracle: It’s Still Not Dead - Businessweek