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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. Saving Money.. The more you buy... by greensquare · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    They only did it to save money. Perhaps they got the software at 50% off?

    >Cortez had a lead role in pushing for the deal in which Oracle proposed to license software for asmany as 277,000 state employees and contended that it would save the state as much as $111 million, according to the state audit.

    The more you buy the more you save. Had they bought it for every citizen of CA instead of just for state workers they would have saved WAY more money....

    Wasn't it Hitler who said something like, "Lie to people long enough and they think it's the truth."

    Kevin

  2. Re:Potential Dumb-ass question by No+One · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, since you're writing a reply to me, my suggestion would be to use that little box below the big text box that says "No Score +1 Bonus". That way, you'll be posting at 1 as well, instead of posting offtopic at 2, which people (deservedly) tend to come down hard on.

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    There is no sin except stupidity -- Oscar Wilde