The real highlight of our most recent quarter was the 57 percent growth in our applications business, and this merger is going to make that applications business bigger and stronger,

I don't think that's an unreasonable target, ... through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth.

We think of Microsoft as our major competitor in the database business, not IBM,

This is another important step in executing our growth strategy in the group life and disability business. We look forward to the distribution opportunities this new relationship will provide for both companies.

Our business community has demonstrated outstanding support for Oklahoma City's economic growth.

Our database revenue growth accelerated as Oracle has become the database of choice for Internet commerce. Nine of the top 10 business-to-business e-commerce Web sites use the Oracle database.