The Department of Justice advanced its case Wednesday in San Francisco that an Oracle buyout of PeopleSoft would leave just two software vendors in a critical area of business applications.
Oracle attorneys displayed internal PeopleSoft documents during testimony Thursday that showed the company was indeed concerned about growing competition in business applications from Microsoft and Lawson Software.
Oracle may be celebrating its long-awaited union with PeopleSoft, but a day after the landmark deal not everyone is happy.
It's a question of when, not if, Microsoft will compete with SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft in the market for business applications, an Accenture executive testified Wednesday at the Oracle antitrust trial.
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.
Oracle may be celebrating its long-awaited union with PeopleSoft, but customers, employees and competitors have reason to worry.
The US Justice Department charges have been rejected, making way for Oracle's US$7.7 billion PeopleSoft merger. What does the future hold? Additional reading: New twist in software licensing
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.
Supersize me. If technology companies ranging from software powerhouse Oracle to fast-growing Net hotshot Skype could share a motto, it would be that oft-ridiculed fast-food pitch.
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