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U.S. Attempts to Block Oracle Bid for PeopleSoft

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the ongoing-takeover-sagas dept.

AliasF97 writes "Thought you all might be interested in this story about the U.S. government attempting to block Oracle's bid for PeopleSoft via a civil anti-trust lawsuit. Seems to me that the courts are going to have their work cut out for them on this one. Also, the photo of Ellison is kind of comical. If you were to throw a black cape and a tall hat on him, he could be a circus magician."

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  1. larry looks like. by mike_scheck · · Score: 5, Funny

    His picture makes him look like "the rock". The caption under the picture should say something like "can you smell what I'm cookin".....

    1. Re:larry looks like. by jefe7777 · · Score: 5, Funny

      >>Also, the photo of Ellison is kind of comical. If you were to throw a black cape and a tall hat on him, he could be a circus magician."

      i must be really bored tonight...

      http://www.geocities.com/hjklyuio7890/C_ra_ptast ic .html

      (fyi, work safe, it's pretty stupid actually...)

  2. Ellison by El · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you were to throw a black cape and a tall hat on him, he could be a circus magician. Now, if you but a black cape and stovepipe hat on him, he'd look exactly like Snidely Whiplash

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  3. Re:Hmmmm by pvt_medic · · Score: 1, Funny

    but what does that all add up too??

    ORacle + PeopleSoft - US = Good????

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  4. Comical or not... by avalys · · Score: 5, Funny

    Also, the photo of Ellison is kind of comical. If you were to throw a black cape and a tall hat on him, he could be a circus magician.

    A circus magician...with a net worth of about $15 billion.

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    1. Re:Comical or not... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      a net worth of about $15 billion

      Are you dyslexic?!? It's $51 billion!!! And don't you forget it!

      Larry

  5. Re:Ellison is pure evil by SwansonMarpalum · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because he hates BillG and supports Linux, of course.

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  6. Yipie ki yay motherf*cker by Cthefuture · · Score: 0, Funny

    Ellison == Hans Gruber

    Ellison has always creeped me out. And not in a good way. Kinda like Gates does.

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  7. I've said it once... by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and I'll say it again. Ellison looks exactly like what you'd expect Satan to look like. All he needs is to add some horns.

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    1. Re:I've said it once... by djeaux · · Score: 1, Funny

      Ellison looks exactly like what you'd expect Satan to look like. I never saw any resemblance between Larry Ellison & Bill Gates... Except, of course, that they're both insanely wealthy...

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  8. Circus Magician? by joshmoh · · Score: 5, Funny

    So how many of you read the article just to see Ellison's photo?

    I'll be honest. I did.

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    1. Re:Circus Magician? by loyalsonofrutgers · · Score: 5, Funny

      That could probably be a slashdot mantra, "I didn't RTFA, but I DID look at the pictures."

    2. Re:Circus Magician? by jonman_d · · Score: 4, Funny

      That kind of makes sense, since Slashdot is pretty much the opposite of playboy:

      Playboy: "I just read it for the articles..."
      Slashdot: "I just read it for the pictures..."

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  9. Circus magician vs VEGAS magician by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you were to throw a black cape and a tall hat on him, he could be a circus magician.

    No no no. If he was a circus magician, then Oracle's products would be affordable.

    He's clearly a Vegas Magician. Same act, but the ticket costs $120 instead of $6.

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  10. One strange-lookin' dude by Atario · · Score: 4, Funny

    He always looks comical to me. Like some kind of CEO-bot from the year 4000. I keep expecting his face shield to spring off to reveal metal and LEDs and servomotors. Either that or he gets a scratch on his cheek which reveals that his facial hair is actually painted on.

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  11. Peoplesoft? by grasshoppa · · Score: 3, Funny

    This has been bugging me for a while now, and all the articles and things I've read seem to think it's a given.

    WTF does peoplesoft do? Software vendor? What software?

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  12. or can you imagine... by Sanksa+Wott · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Also, the photo of Ellison is kind of comical. If you were to throw a black cape and a tall hat on him, he could be a circus magician."

    Can you SMELL what Larry Ellison is COOKIN*' ?!!
    *single eyebrow shoots up

  13. Rabid Linux Dogs by Unoti · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new Linux Dog Overlords.

  14. Homer's old boss by bobobobo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually he kinda looks like Hank Scorpion, err Scorpio.

  15. Thank God by CptChipJew · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm a PeopleSoft employee, and am glad I can stop practicing my burger flipping skills.

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  16. Re:Not a Circus Magician... by El · · Score: 4, Funny

    Better yet, ask anyone who used to work there... anybody still working there is under strict instructions not to reveal Ellison's true identity...

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  17. The corollary: by TheTranceFan · · Score: 1, Funny
    So how many of you clicked that OSDN Personals ad at the top of the page in the hope of seeing another picture of that sexy brunette?

    Be honest. You did.

  18. Oracle, oracle by alexborges · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh! yeah, you mean that postgres clone... shure!... who cares anyhow?

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  19. you mean by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny

    ..but I did LATFP

  20. Sign for Larry's Parking Space by StefanJ · · Score: 3, Funny

    I worked for Oracle for three years, before they sold the division I work for.

    Larry owns my new company too, but whatever . . .

    Ellison's parking space was right outside of the 500 building entrance. I saw him wandering around the parking lot, cell phone clamped to his ear, a few times. The space wasn't specially marked, just one of a bunch of reserved spaces.

    Once, during a staff meeting, the boss mentioned that the division managers were trying to come up with text for a sign for Larry's spot, because people who didn't know better would park there.

    The favorite suggestion:

    EXIT INTERVIEW PARKING

  21. Re:money != success by autopr0n · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't bash him though, in my opinion the guys a great lot of fun - apparently he has been known to fly his Russian built fighter over Gate's house to piss him off.

    Er, no. He said something about that once, but as far as I know he isn't even legaly allowed to fly it in US Airspace. Even if he is, I'm very certan that he's never buzzed Gate's house.

    He does seem like a fun guy to party, with though.

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