Oracle and BEA Systems have traded salvos over the series of events that led to Oracle's bid for the company.
Oracle withdraws its $6.7 billion buyout bid for BEA Systems, after the middleware maker refuses to entertain its $17 a share bid.
Oracle has offered to purchase rival BEA Systems for US$17 per share, a total of about US$6.66 billion in cash -- but BEA rejected the offer as too low.
BEA Systems is expected to let Oracle's US$6.7 billion buyout offer expire, as the two rivals dig their heels in deeper.
SAP responded on Friday to allegations raised by Oracle that SAP's wholly owned subsidiary, TomorrowNow, illegally accessed its rival's customer support and maintenance site.
As Microsoft's deadline for Yahoo to accept its takeover bid passes, the tech world is still waiting for information from either company on their wedding plans.
A market research report on database sales last year found that Oracle has the most market share and that revenue from databases overall grew slightly last year.
Software maker Oracle said on Monday it will acquire rival Siebel Systems in a deal worth US$5.8 billion, marking the second major competitor the company has targeted since mid-2004.
A single phone call on Friday evening brought the long-running Oracle-PeopleSoft fight to a close, Oracle President Chuck Phillips revealed.
Purchase of a company with close ties to open-source rival MySQL has people wondering about the database giant's motives.
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