Oracle Marketing Oracle APEX

I've just seen the first Oracle APEX advertisement from Oracle in the wild! Point your browsers at http://odtug.com and check out the banner ad (you may have to reload a couple of times to catch it). For those too lazy to check, here's a screen shot:

Clicking on it will tell a quick and compelling story that, well - just click on it and see for yourself! :)

Comments

Patrick Wolf said…

The image quality of the ad is not the best, but at least it's a start! :-)

Patrick

July 28, 2008 at 3:52 PM

Scott said…

Right - better than no image at all! :)

- Scott -

July 28, 2008 at 3:53 PM

Michael A. Rife said…

The ApEx image is gone from the ODTUG web page. It has been replaced by an add for some company named Sumner Technologies;)

Is there any chance you kept what the ApEx image linked to?

Mike

July 29, 2008 at 10:11 AM

Scott said…

Mike,

Reload the odtug.com page - it will eventually appear.

Also, feel free to check out the Sumner ad as well! :)

Thanks,

- Scott -

July 29, 2008 at 10:15 AM

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