BEA Systems is expected to let Oracle's US$6.7 billion buyout offer expire, as the two rivals dig their heels in deeper.
PeopleSoft is offering customers money-back guarantees to prevent them from fleeing to rivals in fear of a hostile takeover by Oracle.
Oracle and BEA Systems have traded salvos over the series of events that led to Oracle's bid for the company.
Microsoft last week launched a hostile US$44.6bn takeover bid to buy Web giant Yahoo. If the deal goes ahead it will be the latest in a line of multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions the tech sector has witnessed in recent years.
The head of the Oracle User Group in the UK has denied claims made by Microsoft that the database giant uses one-sided licensing practices in order to gain market share and generate more revenue.
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The small- to medium-enterprise market has been described as manna from heaven, but a crucial lack of understanding of the SME psyche is creating costly roadblocks.
The company outlines plans for SQL Server, including a new lower-cost workgroup version aimed at open source and other competitors.
Fuelled by Oracle's acquisition of Siebel Systems, Silicon Valley once again asks itself if megamergers are good for the industry.
IBM plans to debut the first fruits of a long-standing research project later this year, setting the stage for a clash with rivals in the multibillion-dollar database software market.
Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat.
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