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Novell CEO: Linux’s Time Is Now
BOSTON—Novell Inc. CEO Jack Messman delivered a Linux valentine to CIOs at the opening keynote at LinuxWorld here on Tuesday, taking pains to emphasize that…
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Analysts: Project Fusion Is the Death Knell for PeopleSoft Apps
During Oracle Corp.’s heartfelt and lengthy launch of the combined Oracle-PeopleSoft Inc. company on Tuesday, CEO Larry Ellison posed the upcoming Project Fusion as the…
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PostgreSQL Group Releases Windows Version of Open-Source Database
The PostgreSQL Global Development group on Wednesday released a version of the open-source database PostgreSQL that features better scalability and performance, more features and, most…
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Oracle Firings Bring Black Friday for PeopleSoft Staffers
As expected, Oracle on Friday started handing out termination notices to PeopleSoft employees—as well as to some of its own workers—as it consolidates the two…
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Will Partners Get Crushed in Oracle-PeopleSoft Merger?
As Oracle’s 14,400-strong partner program gears up to swallow the much smaller PeopleSoft partner community, some say Oracle’s biggest challenge may well be its history…
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Microsoft Waves Discounts Under PeopleSoft Users’ Noses
In spite of having proclaimed itself a noncompetitor during the U.S. Department of Justice’s trial against Oracle Corp.’s takeover of PeopleSoft Inc., Microsoft Corp. is…
