RE: Oracle ambushes Peoplesoft with $5.1bn bid

[Orr, Steve]

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

Hmmm... sell short or buy hoping IBM ups the ante?

-----Original Message-----
From: Gogala, Mladen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 10:30 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: Oracle ambushes Peoplesoft with $5.1bn bid

Quite frankly, I don't believe that the offer is serious. It's only 6% above the

Friday closing price and it has already propelled the PeopleSoft's stock to $18.60

which is far beyond Oracle's offer. In case that those two do merge, I would be

interested in the new names. How about "Power to PeopleSoft initiative" or "Pythia

initiative"?

 

Mladen Gogala
Oracle DBA
Phone:(203) 459-6855
Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

-----Original Message-----
From: Goulet, Dick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:10 PM
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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
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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
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-----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