RE: Oracle ambushes Peoplesoft with $5.1bn bid

[Goulet, Dick]

Title: RE: Oracle ambushes Peoplesoft with $5.1bn bid

Ken,       Are you sure??  PeopleSoft by their own accounts does 80+% of it's installs on Oracle.  Allow me to quote Larry from the pdf on his own web site:   “Although we will not be actively selling PeopleSoft products to new customers, we will provide enhanced support for all PeopleSoft products. Furthermore, we will be incorporating the advanced features from the PeopleSoft products into future versions of the Oracle eBusiness Suite.”       But then Mark dumped another twist into the mix as well with the register article.  Maybe M$ won't be too upset by this but IBM may be another matter altogether.  I doubt they'll appreciate seeing WebSphere swapped out for 9iAS.   Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- From: KENNETH JANUSZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: Oracle ambushes Peoplesoft with $5.1bn bid If Oracle can make a profit on SQL Server they will stay with it.  Larry is not going to shoot himself in the foot.   My $0.02 worth, Ken Janusz, CPIM ----- Original Message ----- From: Goulet, Dick To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 11:09 AM Subject: RE: Oracle ambushes Peoplesoft with $5.1bn bid Raj,       Good point.  People Soft does all of their development work on M$ Sql Server and it's one of their supported platforms.  IBM would have a similar desire since you know that once People Soft becomes part of Oracle support for non Oracle DB's will die.  Actually according to the press release People Soft will become Oracle E-Business suite.  That's why I characterize this as a whale swallowing another whale.   Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- From: Jamadagni, Rajendra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 11:10 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Oracle ambushes Peoplesoft with $5.1bn bid I wonder when Micto$oft will step in with a counter offer ... imagine what will this do to their CRM market share dream ... Raj -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art ! -----Original Message----- From: Goulet, Dick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 10:45 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Oracle ambushes Peoplesoft with $5.1bn bid OK, This is one WHALE swallowing act that I just HAVE to watch!!  This is akin to McDonalds acquiring Burger King and Wendy's in one fell swoop!!         Wonder what this will do to pricing and support costs??? Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA