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Oracle Investigation Grows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the too-late-for-rug-sweeping dept.

VValdo writes "Department heads resigning, millions of dollars wasted, documents shredded, the government investigating. No, it's not Enron-- as previously reported, the $95 million contract with Oracle is blowing into a full-fledged scandal in California, according to today's LA Times, The article begins, "California Highway Patrol officers moved in Thursday to halt shredding at the state's information technology department, and Gov. Gray Davis suspended the agency's chief amid a widening investigation of the state's multimillion-dollar computer contract with Oracle Corp.""

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  1. Shredding? by thetechweenie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who cares about paper... Shouldn't they be burning their backup tapes?

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  2. They should just change the EULA by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Users of this software may not publish benchmarks or comparisons of this software with other products, or blow the whistle on massive financial irregularities in our dealings with the State of California. Clicking 'I accept' constitutes acceptance of this licence"
    That should do it
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  3. California HIghway Patrol by Snard · · Score: 5, Funny

    "California Highway Patrol officers moved in Thursday to halt shredding at the state's information technology department...

    You can always count on Ponch and Jon to step in and save the day.

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  4. Uh oh, Larry. by CrazyBrett · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like Larry's gonna get the "Criminal" bit set in his entry in the National Big Brother database.

  5. Re:MySQL by Skweetis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, this would be a government institution, so, lets see, one MySQL license costs $0, we want 270,000, but we'll get 300,000 just to be sure, 'cause it's a nice round number, but 500,000 is better, 'cause it's even more round. So let's see, 500,000 licenses amortized over the next three budget years, at $0 per license, hmm, lets see, carry the two, add the modulus of the national debt, take the number of taxpayers and divide by the cost of an individual license...

    APPLICATION CALC.EXE HAS CAUSED A PAGE FAULT IN MODULE VCACHE.VXD. THE APPLICATION WILL BE TERMINATED. PLEASE CLOSE ALL APPLICATIONS AND RESTART YOUR COMPUTER.

    Now, how much ARE 270,000 MySQL licenses? I've no idea.

  6. Re:CEO cashed all stock by twistedcubic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder what his intensions were and why he did it?

    I can't confirm this, but I believe it's because he wanted the money.

  7. Blame Game by Picass0 · · Score: 5, Funny


    The real question:

    How to the democrats blame this on Bush?