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  • Siebel and Ellison: Software's odd couple

    Few people in the high-tech industry have feuded as openly as Oracle's flamboyant CEO Lawrence Ellison and Thomas Siebel, the co-founder and chairman of rival enterprise software maker Siebel Systems.

  • Ellison's defining moment

    Could Larry Ellison's court performance have clinched Oracle's bid to buy PeopleSoft?

  • Larry's war: Oracle vs. SAP

    The rivalry is nothing new, but Ellison's acquisition strategy is infusing it with new vigour -- and may redefine an industry.

  • Escaping the jaws of Microsoft

    Since taking the reins of Germany's SAP last year, Henning Kagermann has hardly had a dull moment. In this interview, he talks about Microsoft's bid to acquire the company, and where the enterprise software market is headed.

  • Can Oracle survive Larry Ellison?

    COMMENTARY -- In December 1998, Larry Ellison was steering his maxi-yacht, Sayonara, when it was caught in a fierce, unexpected storm. Sayonara would win the Sydney-to-Hobart race off the coast of Australia that year, but not with Ellison at the helm.

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  • Beyond the Database

    Boldly going where no database has gone before, Oracle's Oracle8i Release 3 is a lot more than a database. Oracle8i is now also a file, mail, Web and Java2 Enterprise Edition application server.

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