I've been keeping an eye on this at The Register site (http://www.theregsiter.co.uk), who've had a number of articles on the tit-for-tat war that now seems to be going on between Oracle, Peoplesoft, and JD Edwards..
Oracle upped their offer today: Oracle Boosts PeopleSoft Bid to US$19.50 per Share June 18, 2003--Today, Oracle announced that it will increase its cash tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of PeopleSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSFT) to US$19.50 per share, or approximately US$6.3 billion. This offer price is a 29% premium to the PeopleSoft stock price prior to the announcement of Oracle's cash offer on June 6, 2003. Source (and new campaign web site): http://www.oracle.com/peoplesoft/ Recent Register articles on the subject: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/31283.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/31231.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/31204.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/31181.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/31179.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/31174.html ... ... There's more but I won't post them - if you're interested dig around a little.. Seems they are pretty serious about this, and *not* doing it to take the cream away from the cat, as it were. Mark =================================================== Mark Leith | T: +44 (0)1905 330 281 Sales & Marketing | F: +44 (0)870 127 5283 Cool Tools UK Ltd | E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================== http://www.cool-tools.co.uk Maximising throughput & performance --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.487 / Virus Database: 286 - Release Date: 01/06/2003 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Mark Leith INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
