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Better send your personnel for Oracle training before its too late!
Thats an interesting question. It would not be surprising to see Oracle drop support for third party databasees and sell PeopleSoft apps in a package with their own database. The tendency of vertical monopolies is to create circumstances that drive people to buy the whole package. Thus you might not be FORCED out of DB2, but it might be very convenient and cost effective to shift to Oracle given the choices. There will be the same kind of incentives as provided by IBM and Microsoft regarding their SQL solutions EXCEPT that MS has to play it kool because of antitrust issues. Of course one can hope for as much with Oracle as well. If they try to force Oracle down the throats of PeopleSoft users would that warrent antitrust action? Good question, no?
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$24 and not a penny more!  Roger Ramjet | 12/13/04
We will never sell, not for any price!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/13/04
Ellison had them by the short hairs, and knew it  quietLee | 12/13/04
And you can buy a share now for $26.41!!!  Tombo69 | 12/13/04
Oracle buys PeopleSoft for $10 billion  yugalj | 12/13/04
Since when Oracle only in Databases???  FirstNLastN | 12/13/04
Oracle also strong with ERP  krus54 | 12/14/04
Basking in the "over support"  ejhonda | 12/13/04
An expression from baseball:  Anton Philidor | 12/13/04
Another expression: When Elephants Dance....  escoles@... | 12/13/04
Oracle Buys PeopleSoft??  rhall@... | 12/13/04
Vantive/PeopleSoft CRM too...  BitTwiddler | 12/13/04
Vantive  G Fedorchuk | 12/13/04
Vantive/PeopleSoft  syaskin@... | 07/24/06
Customers will suffer  jbacher | 12/13/04
Combined product in 3 years...  behut | 12/13/04
I wish them well.....  htotten | 12/13/04
JD Edwards  Steveg_z | 12/13/04
Better send your personnel for Oracle training before its too late!  George Mitchell | 12/13/04
sounds like trouble  segurajohn@... | 12/13/04
NOT good for consumers ... another vertical monopoly  George Mitchell | 12/13/04
PeopleSoft is toast  figmo@... | 12/13/04
What happened to the "poison pill"?  what_now2 | 12/13/04
Bad for PS customers? Maybe not.  The King's Servant | 12/13/04
Whoops! This was to be a reply to the story. Sorry. (NT)  The King's Servant | 12/13/04
Oracle needs to support DB2? You don't get it.  gardoglee | 12/13/04
PS on Db2 means big $$$  rodwright@... | 12/13/04
PS users  AbsolutelyNot | 12/13/04
Bad for customers? Maybe not.  The King's Servant | 12/13/04
NaturallySpeaking and the disabled  susancragin@... | 12/13/04
Congratulations to Oracle  Alek Kirstein | 12/13/04
Thank The Lord  sevenal | 12/13/04
Re: Thank The Lord  DonHarrington | 12/14/04
RE: Thank The Lord  GrumpyOldMan | 12/14/04
Action in the arena is good!  cococan | 12/14/04
Excellent news  ahau | 12/15/04
PSFT and ORCL merger WILL work!  rbagby | 12/15/04
PS  gl2 | 12/15/04
MS will win this race!  dgrickman53@... | 12/15/04
Down the tubes they go.  chris73044 | 12/16/04
Oracle buys PeopleSoft for $10 Billion  tjones@... | 12/16/04
In regards to the debt  MKelby | 12/29/04

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