Oracle Dumps PeopleSoft Employees

curtain writes "The first move in Oracle's dismantling of PeopleSoft has begun. The cuts will affect about 9% of the 55,000 staff of the combined companies. From the article: "We're mourning the passing of a great company," Peoplesoft worker David Ogden as saying. Other employees said they would rather be sacked than work for Oracle."

Comments

money where your mouth is

[Doc Ruby]

Now we know PeopleSoft, CashHard. Thanks for the info, Larry!

Re:Larry may be good at business but...

[QuasEye]

That reminds me of an old joke - "What's the difference between God and Larry Ellison?" "God doesn't think he's Larry Ellison."

Oracle's Business Philosophy

[Detritus]

"The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him, to ride their horses and take away their possessions, to see the faces of those dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms"

Oracle takes a dump on people

[GtKincaid]

I realy should read headlines more carefully . This time though ,it looks like i wasnt too far off.

Step Three-"Does this make me look fat?"

[Anonymous Coward]

"Any suggestion of Oracle attempting to create a monopoly through this move is nonsense -- their market share in enterprise applications is still a pimiple on SAP's ass, even when you combine the three companies now under the Oracle banner."

Oh well. Now there's a selling point. "Use our products because we're the pimple, instead of the ass."

People soft...

[OneFootIn]

...life HARD.

Ellison and the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition.

[cabazorro]

He just followed rules:

Rule 052 "Never ask when you can take"

Rule 058 "There is no substitute for success"

Rule 146 "Competition and fair play are mutually exclusive"