This gives us an even larger opportunity than before. What we're seeing now is that Oracle is going to be very busy internally. Oracle has a lot of work to do to digest PeopleSoft and now Siebel. That's an opportunity for us.

France needs to find something that makes it stand out. It's not enough for it to do almost as well as its neighbors.

I believe Business Objects is on the cusp of becoming a multi-billion-dollar sales company. There is tremendous growth potential for business intelligence.