Oracle executives said the company had achieved internal estimates.

Oracle executives say this data base layer makes their program more robust than Notes.

But even Oracle executives concede that it was a smart move.

The Oracle executives said they were seeing more activity among business software customers.

Oracle executives predicted technology spending would continue to improve throughout the year.

Oracle executives have said they expected to file the requested information before the end of the month.

Without the impact of the strong dollar during the last year, Oracle executives said the company's revenue would have increased 22 percent.

Oracle executives said that without the effect of the strong dollar, database sales grew 9 percent.

A Oracle executive said the company knew nothing about that incident other than what had been reported in the press.

Oracle executives said the strong growth came from both database and application software.