>Kevin said SQL Server is "eating Oracle's lunch."
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>Mike, it was an expression, good grief.
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>Having said that, I'm not the only one who thinks that way.
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>The point is that there are markets where Oracle has had an incredible share - and one of the many reasons was that SQL Server wasn't viewed as scalable enough. That reason is diminishing, and in the eyes of many, has almost disappered.

Maybe you aren't using it that way but "in the eyes of many" is a classic weasel phrase. Often it means "I think."