Oracle's changed the game in terms of its acquisitions. IBM's stated policy is that it will not compete with applications vendors, but I'm curious if that will change going forward.

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A back injury, while it may not be life-threatening, can disable people for an extraordinary length of time, and can, in some cases, affect their quality of life in a permanent way. The cost gets passed on to everyone.

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You can use our product to upgrade your database, pause your database [and] do work on it. The customer will still be running while the upgrades are being rolled out. It's basically clustering or load balancing—but across WANs.

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The U.S. ranks behind virtually every other developed country when it comes to seat belt use, and never has mediocrity been so deadly for a nation.

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The results of this eight state regional program over just three weeks prove conclusively that high visibility enforcement is the most effective tool we have to increase seat belt use and save lives. We are encouraging every state to use the federal funds it receives for seat belt programs to implement the 'Click It or Ticket' model.

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