Competition - Win Apple prizes!

As you will have read in our news story, Oracle Database 10g is now available on Apple's Mac OS X operating system, so ISVs can deploy grid-based solutions built on Apple's Xserve server and Xserve RAID storage platform.

Together, Apple and Oracle deliver an enterprise database platform that's cost-effective, easy to manage, and highly scalable. This grid-enabled solution makes it easy and affordable for customers to manage their enterprise information.

To celebrate the launch of Oracle Database 10g on Mac OS X, we're running a competition with prizes generously donated by Apple.

1st prize: 20GB iPod - up to 5000 songs in your pocket
2nd prize: Silver iPod Mini - up to 1000 songs in your pocket
3rd and 4th prizes: Airport Express plus hi-fi connection kit - beam your digital music collection to any stereo in your house

To win this competition, answer the following easy questions and send your answers by email to isvemea_de@oracle.com, together with your name, company name, address and phone number. Oracle may use the information you supply for marketing purposes unless you request otherwise. Please therefore indicate in the email if you do not wish to receive marketing communications from Oracle. Further terms and conditions (below) apply.

1. Oracle Database 10g now runs on:
a. Apple Mac
b. Big Mac
c. Tarmac

2. For improved load balancing, ISVs should use:
a. A rucksack
b. A yoke
c. Oracle Real Application Clusters

3. Oracle has built its internal communications on:
a. Post-it notes
b. Body language
c. Oracle Collaboration Suite using Apple Xserve RAID storage

4. GoldenPot Management Services can be found:
a. At the end of the rainbow
b. Doing the dishes at Buckingham Palace
c. In Bolivia

5. An iPod is...
a. Apple's pioneering portable music player
b. A container for contact lenses
c. A sensor inside a pea pod so you can tell how the peas are coping in the dark

If you're not sure, you'll find answers to the first four questions in our news story about Oracle's release of 10g on the Apple platform.

Good luck!

Terms and conditions
1. ELIGIBILITY
(i) No purchase is necessary to enter.
(ii) The draw is open solely to residents of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland aged 18 or over. Entries limited (save at Oracle's discretion) to one per person.
(iii) No employees of Oracle Corporation UK Ltd or its parent companies, subsidiaries, other affiliates, agents, advertising and promotion agencies, or such employees' immediate family members (parent, sibling or person residing in the same household) shall be eligible to win. Other restrictions as set out below may also apply.

2. HOW TO ENTER
(i) Participants will be eligible by sending an email to isvemea_de@oracle.com with the correct answers to the five questions detailed above, together with their name, address and phone number.
(ii) Participants must provide all requested information and, save at Oracle's discretion, will not be entered into the draw if they fail to do so.
(iii) Information supplied by entrants may be used by Oracle for marketing purposes, unless the participant specifies otherwise in the entry email.
(iv) Oracle shall not be responsible for any phone, technical, network, electronic, computer, hardware or software failures of any kind, or for any misdirected, stolen, incomplete, garbled, or delayed Internet or e-mail computer transmissions, or for any lost, late, damaged, illegible, stolen, incomplete or misaddressed entries.

3. CLOSING DATE

The closing date for the prize draw shall be Thursday 12 May 2005. All entries must be received by midnight on that day to be eligible for the draw.

4. SELECTION AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS
(i) The winners will be selected by Oracle in a random drawing conducted on or about Friday 13 May 2005. Oracle's decision shall be final on all matters relating to the draw. Winners do not need to be present at the drawing to win.
(ii) Winners will be notified by mail, e-mail or phone. (No notification will be made to other participants, but for the names of the official winners participants should email a request to isvemea_de@oracle.com)
(iii) Winners may be required to sign an Affirmation of Eligibility & Liability Release, which if required must be returned to and received by Oracle no later than 15 business days after it is provided in order for potential winners to receive their prize. (Failure to do so if required will void the participant's eligibility and an alternate winner will be selected by a random drawing.)

5. PRIZES
(i) Oracle will award four prizes to four winners. First prize will be one Apple iPod (20GB); second prize will be one Apple iPod Mini (4GB, Silver); third prize will be an Apple Airport Express plus hi-fi connection kit; fourth prize will be an Apple Airport Express plus hi-fi connection kit.
(ii)To receive their prize, winners may need to sign the Affirmation referred to above, and follow relevant delivery and other directions provided by Oracle. Oracle will not deliver any prize outside of the UK and Ireland. The winner shall be responsible for all applicable taxes and any other expenses not specified in these rules. If Oracle is unable to locate a winner for the purposes of delivery, an alternate potential winner will be selected by a random drawing.
(iii) Oracle has the option, at its sole discretion, of substituting a prize of equal or greater value if for any reason, including scheduling, a prize become unavailable. Prizes cannot be transferred, substituted, or redeemed for cash value except as provided herein.

6. GENERAL
(i) By entering the draw all participants consent to the disclosure of their names to other participants who ask to be informed of the names of the winners (pursuant to rule 4(ii) above).
(ii)Participants agree to release Oracle, its parent company, subsidiaries and affiliates from any and all liability for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by or arising from this prize draw or award of any prize.
(iii) These rules shall be governed by the laws of England and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction. The draw offer shall be void where prohibited or otherwise restricted by law. Odds of winning are dependent upon the total number of entries received.

By entering the prize draw all participants agree to the above rules and the decisions of Oracle which shall be final in all respects. Draw operated by Oracle Corporation UK Limited ("Oracle"). Address: Oracle Parkway, Thames Valley Park, Reading RG6 1RA.