(a) Performance of Oracle in the years 1985 until 31 August 1990.
Assessing the performance of a company over several years a comparison should be made with how effective it had grown in relation to comparable companies. The effect of the economic environment should also be taken into account together with the effect of inside and outside influences of the industry sector. A ratio analysis reflecting the current state of the company in relation to its own history as well as comparable figures would also indicate how Oracle performed.
Economic Environment.
Due to the fact that the technology industry growths faster than the normal economic growth it would be of more value to compare the sales growth and market share of Oracle to its competitors. The expected worldwide market share of Oracle in DBMS reflects that it would most probably have 40% market share in 1991. Its nearest competitor IBM is expected to have 27% and the rest less than 7% market share. This in itself shows that irrespective of the economic environment Oracle had phenomenal growth for a company that only started 12 years before. .
Industrial environment.
Porters five forces model can be used to determine how effectively the company performed in relation to the sector.
Force Application to Sector Application to Oracle.
Threat of new entrants Due to high profits the industry seemed very attractive, branding however could be a big stumbling block.
The high research cost is a major deterrent.
Oracle's had a substantial sales force with access already to distribution channels and major corporations.
Oracle has achieved phenomenal success entering an industry with a high learning curve successfully.
It has also created a brand name and got such a big slice of the market making entrance of other players very difficult. .
Bargaining power of customers Customers had to make buying decisions based on the compatibility of the software towards their own systems and hardware.
Three Companies that have showed tremendous changes are, SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft. ... Oracle is another business of which has changed over the last three years. ... Like SAP Oracle's Total Revenue has increased from 1998-2000. ... PeopleSoft is another company with the e-business base like SAP and Oracle. ... PeopleSoft, like SAP and Oracle, has also grown over the years. ...
Jocaste does believe that a person has a destiny and reason for living but "It is God himself who can show us what he wills, in his own way"(Sophocles 199-200) and not the oracles. When Jocaste starts to get more information on the matter she starts to see that the oracle was right. ... We can see he feels this way when he says "I wandered farther and farther on my way to a land where I should never see the evil sung by the oracle"(Sopholces 272-274). ... When Oedipus finally realizes that the oracles" prediction came true he blinded himself for punishment because he knew that he made his mist...
(Ogden 179-188) Oracles Oracles were prophets who claimed to receive their visions directly from the g-ds. The oracles gave their responses to inquiries and their answers were considered divinely inspired. Oracles were usually associated with a sacred temple, shrine or public religious institution. The oracles were especially gifted in the art of interpreting symbols understood as messages from the gods. ... For the state, the oracle's charges were as much as ten times the rate for private citizens! ...
When the oracle propehsized his future, he was adamant. If what the oracle says is true, is there another force out there that determines his fate? Before hand, Neo knocked the vase over, after the oracle told him not to worry about breaking the vase. Neo was curious, but the oracle said, :Would you have knowcked the vase over if I didn't tell you?" ...
Religion makes its first appearance at the mention of the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves. The Oracle of the Hills and the Caves served as a guide for the Ibo. ... The Oracle was so powerful that a young boy, Ikemefuna, was sacrificed because it said it must be so. ... It is also the Oracle that predicts the arrival of the white man. ... After the arrival of the first white missionaries, the Oracle is no lounger mentioned in the text. ...
OEDIPUS is proud and over confident;he harbours unjustified suspicions against teiresias and creon; in one place he goes so far as to express some uncertainity about the truth of oracles. ... Atleast the oracle which louis heard was conditional:"if he begota son that son was fated to kill him and marry his wife"Infact, louis was advised not to beget a son but he ignored this advice the oracle which oedipus hears is not conditional_he is not told of any action which he might take or omit,in order to escape the predicted parricide and incest.Louis sinfully disobeyed and hi...
For example when the oracle had told Oedipus mother and wife that her son was going to kill his father and marry her. ... How could a pair of parents let go of their children because of something some oracle said? ... Entry #5 *The only moment where I felt that Oedipus made the right choice is that when he actually believe the oracle that he would kill his father and marry his mother he took action. ... He believed some oracle too. ...
As a young adult, he went to see an oracle after hearing rumors. The oracle told him of his foul fate and he ran away trying to escape the chances of this awful future unaware he running towards what he thought he would escape. ... After the birth of Oedipus, his parents Lias and Jocasta, King and Queen of Thebes sentenced him to death because the oracle told them that he would kill his father and marry his mother. ... "(1735, 860-868) In utter fear of his newfound knowledge, he fled from Corinth to make sure to none of what the oracle said would come true. On his travel, he took little preca...
Oedipus plays a part in fulfilling the oracle by making certain choices along the way. ... Oedipus is responsible for fulfilling the oracle. ... Oedipus rejects the oracle, and in turn fulfills another step in the prophecy. ... The first half of the oracle is now come to pass. ... Jocasta also tries to dissuade Oedipus by denouncing the credibility of the oracle. ...