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    PeopleSoft has formally filed notice of its plans to acquire J.D. Edwards with the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, despite itself being the target of an Oracle takeover bid.

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    In a 'Meet the Press' session following his keynote address at OracleWorld 2003 in San Francisco, chief executive officer Michael Dell responded to questions on Linux after his rather bullish statements on how Dell was embracing open source.

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    The software maker files plans to take over rival J.D. Edwards with the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission, despite being the target of an Oracle buyout bid.

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    Michael Dell addresses attendees at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco.

  • PeopleSoft fight ends with a phone call

    A single phone call on Friday evening brought the long-running Oracle-PeopleSoft fight to a close, Oracle President Chuck Phillips revealed.

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    The small- to medium-enterprise market has been described as manna from heaven, but a crucial lack of understanding of the SME psyche is creating costly roadblocks.

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