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European antitrust regulators are investigating whether Microsoft abused its desktop software market dominance in its effort to get the Office Open XML file formats standardised.
A federal judge handed Oracle a victory on Thursday, ruling that the company's acquisition of software rival PeopleSoft would pose no threat to competition in the corporate software market.
The company, sensing it has fallen behind rivals Microsoft and IBM in Web services leadership, is launching a renewed strategy in an attempt to play catch up.
The US Justice Department's dramatic defeat in the Oracle anti-trust trial underscores the unique character of software: It's a fast-paced, dynamic industry that makes a lousy target for trustbusters.
The companies bridge a networking-system rift, while customers hope more such collaborations are on the way.
Next month, firm will launch revamped middleware products for content management and application infrastructure.
PeopleSoft casts aspersions on the flexibility and adaptability of its competitor, SAP. The bombastic rhetoric is a side show, however. The issue for enterprises is which vendor can provide the most reliable, cost-effective solutions.
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