Manufacturing Industry
Oracle looks beyond acquisition.(Back talk)
Manufacturing Business Technology, January, 2005 by Hill, Sidney, Jr.
No matter what you think of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, you have to admit the man has vision. For one, he was among the first to recognize the commercial potential of relational database technology, and he used that insight to build what is still the world's largest database company, becoming a multibillionaire in the process.
There was some debate as to whether Oracle or PeopleSoft was No. 2, behind SAP, in the enterprise software space. But that argument was quashed last month, when PeopleSoft's board of directors finally agreed to be acquired by Oracle.
By the way, a lot of people called Ellison crazy--or worse--when he first proposed that merger some 18 months ago. But Ellison, who for years has been saying there are too many technology vendors...
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