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December 30, 2004
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In This Edition
1. News: Oracle Takes Control of PeopleSoft
2. News: PeopleSoft CEO Duffield Bows Out
3. News: Microsoft Quietly Working on Grid Computing in
'Bigtop' Project
4. News: Grid Computing 101
5. Opinion: Does 'Bigtop' Signal a New Direction for Microsoft?
6. News: Sybase Aims to Query Mainframes Faster, Cheaper
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1. News: Oracle Takes Control of PeopleSoft
Oracle has won control of PeopleSoft, declaring that
stockholders have tendered some 75 percent of outstanding
shares, which represents nearly 300 million shares. Get the
full details here.
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2. News: PeopleSoft CEO Duffield Bows Out
PeopleSoft founder David Duffield, who replaced fired CEO
Craig Conway in October, quietly resigned effective Dec. 21,
less than two weeks before Oracle was scheduled to close its
buyout of its software-industry rival.
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3. News: Microsoft Quietly Working on Grid Computing in
'Bigtop' Project
eWEEK.com has learned that Microsoft is working on a
skunk-works project, code-named Bigtop, that sources say
will likely result in a grid-computing platform within
coming years. Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch has the
scoop.
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4. News: Grid Computing 101
Microsoft will have its hands full with its Bigtop grid
computing as it challenges technologies with years of
history and powerful supporters. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
offers a lesson in grid computing.
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5. Opinion: Does 'Bigtop' Signal a New Direction for Microsoft?
Microsoft's huge installed base and its fascination with
backward compatibility may hinder its futuristic move toward
grid computing in its "Bigtop" project, says David Coursey.
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6. News: Sybase Aims to Query Mainframes Faster, Cheaper
The company has hooked up with Informatica to fashion a
one-stop shopping package to help mainframe customers who
are looking to squeeze real-time data out of their heavy
iron and don't want to go broke doing it.
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