Press Release

Oracle Announces Oracle8(tm) and Oracle(r) Applications Support for Linux on Intel Servers

(July 21, 1998)

Contact(s):
Paige O'Neill
Oracle Corp.
650/506-3429
poneill@us.oracle.com Carol Sato
Oracle Corp.
650/633-5551
csato@us.oracle.com

Responds to Developer Demand for an Open, Low Cost Platform for Building and Deploying Database Applications on the Internet

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., July 21, 1998--Oracle Corp. today announced that it will be porting Oracle8(tm), the industry's leading database, and Oracle(r) Applications to the Linux operating environment. Linux is an open UNIX operating system that is available for download from the Internet at no charge and is a strong leader in the Internet service provider (ISP) market. It is also the fastest growing UNIX platform in the enterprise with an estimated 7 million users, according to the Linux Online. Oracle8 on the Linux platform will be made available for a 90 day free trial via the Web by the end of 1998. The products will initially be available on Intel server platforms.

The availability of Oracle8 and Oracle Applications on Linux will enable current Linux users to deploy enterprise-class applications with unparalleled performance at the lowest possible cost. In addition, users will be able to reap the scalability and flexibility benefits of Oracle8 and Oracle Applications in Linux's open environment.

"Over the last few months, as the ground swell for Linux has increased, our customers have asked for Oracle's commitment to this popular platform. This announcement is a direct response to that customer demand," said Gary Bloom, executive vice president of the System Products Division at Oracle. "Oracle on Linux will provide a compelling alternative to WindowsNT for companies that want an Internet-based, low-cost point of entry for Web-enabling their business."

Leading Industry Vendors Praise Oracle's Decision to Embrace Linux "Having Oracle8 and Oracle Applications available on the Linux operating system running on Intel's new Pentium(r) II Xeon (tm) processor-based servers will provide enterprise class solutions at an unprecedented value to users by lowering the total cost of ownership," said John Miner, corporate vice president and general manager, Intel Corporation.

"Netscape and Oracle recognize the strategic importance of Linux in the enterprise and further extending their cross-platform strategy to include this highly stable, high-performance platform," said John M. Paul, senior vice president and general manager of the server product division at Netscape Communications Corporation. "Oracle and Netscape's enterprise solutions on Linux will make it even easier for businesses to leverage existing investments to meet these imperatives by acting as Enterprise Service Providers (ESPs) delivering core business applications as services online to their constituents."

"Oracle's support of Linux validates the strength of the operating system and will serve as a catalyst for the wide-scale adoption of Linux in the enterprise market," said Robert Young, CEO, Red Hat Software, Inc. Red Hat Software, based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., builds and maintains the award-winning Red Hat Linux operating system.

"We're thrilled with Oracle's decision to support the millions of Linux users worldwide," said Larry Augustin, president and co-founder of VA Research Linux Systems and a member of the Linux International Board of Directors. "Combining Oracle's world-class technology with a world-class operating system like Linux will create an unbeatable mission-critical enterprise platform. Oracle on Intel users now have access to a rock-solid scalable operating system."

VA Research (www.varesearch.com) is the leading Linux systems specialist, developing Linux workstations and servers for the enterprise, Internet and engineering markets. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Mountain
View, California.

Shipment of Oracle8 for Linux on the Intel platform is expected by the end of 1998. Shipment of Oracle Applications for Linux on the Intel platform is expected in the first quarter of 1999. For more information about Linux, go to (URL) http://www.linux.org/.

Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest software company. With annual revenues of $7.1 billion, the company offers its database, application server, tools and application products along with related consulting, education and support services in more than 140 countries around the world.

For more information about Oracle, call 650/506-7000. Oracle's World Wide Web address is (URL) http://www.oracle.com/.

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