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Oracle Sued For 'Extortion, Lies' By Montclair State University

Posted by timothy on from the their-reputation-precedes-them dept.

angry tapir writes "Montclair State University is suing Oracle in connection with a troubled ERP (enterprise resource planning) project. Montclair's complaint, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, states that Oracle made an array of 'intentionally false statements' regarding the functionality of its base ERP system, the amount of customization that would be required, and the amount of 'time, resources, and personnel that the University would have to devote.' 'Ultimately, after missing a critical go-live deadline for the University's finance system, Oracle sought to extort millions of dollars from the University by advising the University that it would not complete the implementation of the ... project unless the University agreed to pay millions of dollars more than the fixed fee the University and Oracle had previously agreed to,' it adds."

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  1. It's not lying by s_p_oneil · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not lying, it's marketing and/or sales.

    1. Re:It's not lying by Dishevel · · Score: 5, Funny

      perhaps you didn't bother to read it and simply read the sparse /. summary?

      Perhaps you forgot where you were? :)

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  2. You have angered the Larry by Megaweapon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pray you do not anger Him further.

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  3. Larry Awesome. by Theophany · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ellison will rock up to court, invite the judge and jury to party hard on one of his many yachts and justice will be served.

    He is just that awesome.

  4. Re:Good, bring 'em on by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 4, Funny

    As one of the guys responsible for delivering on salesweasels' promises,

    It's ok, you're allowed to say "Engineer" here. You're amongst friends. :)

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  5. Darth Ellison by pak9rabid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dr. Cole (President of Montclair State University): That was never a condition of our agreement, nor was devoting more personnel to this project!
    Larry Ellison: Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly?
    Dr. Cole: [pauses] No.
    Larry Ellison Good. It would be unfortunate if this project happened to have any further costly delays.
    Dr. Cole: [under her breath] This deal is getting worse all the time.

  6. Re:Tuition math lesson by godefroi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just got your law degree, huh?

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  7. Re:You are part of the problem by mcneely.mike · · Score: 2, Funny

    and a boring joyless life

    Yes, yes... I used to use MS/Windows too!... Now i use Linux!

    God damn... my wife is right! I can work linux into any conversation!
    Damn!

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