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California to Cancel Oracle Deal

Posted by michael on from the golden-parachute dept.

ShaunC writes "Back in mid-April, the state of California bought $95M worth of Oracle software, which turned out to include more licenses than the state has employees, at a taxpayer cost of $41M more than necessary. Now, CNet is reporting that the contract is being cancelled. Oracle apparently made a $25K donation to governor Gray Davis' campaign fund after the sale was made, several state officials have been suspended, and a criminal investigation into the deal is already underway."

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  1. Re:Let me get this straight... by Enry · · Score: 2, Troll

    It depends...

    If you're a yooge company about to go bankrupt, you can donate all you want to a republican presidential candidate.

    If you're a fairly large software company that's still solvent, you can't donate any money at all to democrats. Or if you do, you're suddenly under investigation.

  2. Anybody wanna trade? by Ghengis · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'll Trade you $25,000 for $95,000,000!! What a DEAL!!!

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