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The mysterious quizmaster known only as Mr. Know-IT-All has returned from whereabouts unknown with a new challenge for Oracle users everywhere. This time Know-IT-All wants to know how much attention you paid to some of the biggest Oracle-related news stories of the year. And what a year 2006 has been for the database and business applications goliath. With increased revenues, a slew of acquisitions and the furthering of project Fusion, the juggernaut that is Oracle shows no signs of slowing down. So if you think you're up to the task -- and if you have the guts -- take Mr. Know-IT-All's 2006 year-end Oracle challenge today!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Question 1: The big news at Collaborate '06
Question 2: Oracle buys Sleepycat
Question 3: Oracle vs. SAP
Question 4: License revenue grows
Question 5: Oracle undercuts Red Hat
Question 1: The big news at Collaborate
'06
Speaking to users at the Collaborate '06 conference in April, Oracle president
Charles Phillips detailed his company's plans to continue to enhance and support all Oracle
applications well beyond the delivery of Oracle's Fusion Applications in 2008. What's the name of
this Oracle program?
A) Unlimited Applications
B) Applications Unlimited
C) Oracle Unlimited
D) Awesomeness Unlimited
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here to see the answer. ]
Question 2: Oracle buys
Sleepycat
In February, Oracle raised a lot of eyebrows in the open source community when
it purchased open source embeddable database maker Sleepycat Software Inc. What is the name of
Sleepycat's flagship software?
A) Dataport DB
B) Ants Data Server
C) Berkeley DB
D) Dave's DB
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here to see the answer. ]
In April, Cambridge, Mass.-based analyst firm Forrester Research Inc. issued a
report about the state of Oracle and SAP AG's ongoing battle for business applications supremacy.
What was the report's chief finding?
A) That SAP is winning the battle with Oracle
B) That Oracle is winning the battle with SAP
C) That smaller software vendors are beating them both
D) That chicken is mighty tasty
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here to see the answer. ]
Question 4: License revenue
grows
Oracle's quarterly earnings report issued in September boasted a significant
increase in new license revenue. How big was the increase?
A) 70%
B) 80%
C) 90%
D) 1000%
[ Click
here to see the answer. ]
Question 5: Oracle undercuts Red
Hat
At Oracle's OpenWorld conference in October, Oracle chairman Larry Ellison
announced that his company would now offer full support services for users of Red Hat Inc.'s open
source Linux distribution. By how much did Ellison pledge to undercut Red Hat's support prices in
most cases?
A) 75%
B) 50%
C) 35%
D) None of the above
[Click
here to see the answer. ]
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