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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL), the world's largest enterprise software company, today announced growing customer momentum for Oracle9i Database and Oracle9i Application Server products on Linux. To date, more than 733,000 downloads of Oracle's technology products for Linux have been recorded off Oracle Technology Network. Oracle customers on Linux include: Dell, Electronic Arts, EBS Portals, Embry Riddle, Election Systems & Software, Futuro de Bolivia, Hernrich Bauer Verlag Publishing, Merill Lynch, NorthRhine Police Force, and Texas Tech University. These Oracle customers on Linux are better equipped to develop and deploy enterprise-class solutions on the lowest cost hardware and operating system infrastructure, while preserving their existing IT skills. Customers use Oracle9i Real Application Clusters on Linux to Reduce IT Costs Since its introduction in June 2001, Oracle has experienced steady adoption of its award-winning Oracle9i Database and database clustering technology on Linux. Oracle9i Real Application Clusters is increasingly recognized as one of the most cost effective products for developing and deploying enterprise class solutions on the lowest cost hardware and operating system. Using Oracle9i Real Application Clusters, customers can for the first time grow the performance, scalability and availability of their databases by using Oracle9i Database on Linux and low-cost commodity hardware, dramatically reducing their IT costs. Texas Tech University, a four-year institution of higher learning in Lubbock, Texas, is live on Oracle9i Real Application Clusters with the Linux operating system. "We needed a highly reliable and available system. But we also had a tight budget with minimal IT staff," said Brandon Labonte, director of software development at Texas Tech University. "The combination of Oracle's clustering technology and Linux ensures we can do more with less, and our students and alumni have access to the information they need 24 by 7." Dell's IT group is using Oracle9i Real Application Clusters and industry standard hardware servers to keep orders flowing and customers happy, as the company's sales teams process order quotes and access data through an application that runs on Oracle9i Real Application Clusters and Red Hat Linux. This helps Dell achieve high availability and performance for only a fraction of the price. "Oracle continues to provide customers with products that allow them to run their businesses on the most cost-effective platform," said Rene Bonvanie, vice president of Oracle9i marketing for Oracle Corporation. "Since its inception, we have supported Linux as a very attractive choice for our customers to dramatically drive down the cost of enterprise-class computing."