So there have not been that many customers who have adopted Oracle8 yet. In the next three to six months, Oracle's recently released Web Tools will provide good tools revenues and will also help customers migrate to Oracle8. On the expense side, there's probably not a great deal that can be accomplished in a single quarter, but management will examine expenses closely and will reallocate resources to align them with sales and marketing opportunities. In hindsight, the plan for Q2 was unrealistic, especially in terms of underestimating the scope of problems in Asia, the slowing sales to telcos, and certain sales staff reorganization issues. Management remains optimistic about the database business, but they are more subdued in light of this quarter's results.
Management expects another quarter of comparatively slow growth.
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