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speech saying 'there is no way Oracle will EVER buy PeopleSoft'. Then I met a former coworker (left our company to run some mutual funds in San Francisco) for drinks. I told him what Conway said and he laughed and said 'not only will Oracle own PeopleSoft but the markets have already priced that into the stock'. Kind of funny in hindsight.

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Good day to be Larry Ellison- he just passed Elon as richest -- turkeywinghokie Sep 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM ET

turkeywinghokie • 09/10/25 12:14 PM ET

Oracle is the biggest pirate ship on the beltway -- Happy Dog Sep 11, 2025 at 05:17 AM ET

Happy Dog • 09/11/25 05:17 AM ET

As an old guy I understood about three words of that post.** -- Galenahokie Sep 11, 2025 at 09:30 AM ET

Galenahokie • 09/11/25 09:30 AM ET

I did 7 years at Oracle and not saying you are wrong -- turkeywinghokie Sep 11, 2025 at 08:06 AM ET

turkeywinghokie • 09/11/25 08:06 AM ET

They also poached my staff -- Happy Dog Sep 11, 2025 at 08:57 AM ET

Happy Dog • 09/11/25 08:57 AM ET

Literally pursued buying PeopleSoft just so he could fire Craig Conway CEO** -- agray123 Sep 10, 2025 at 04:01 PM ET

agray123 • 09/10/25 04:01 PM ET

Well that was the cherry on top for Larry -- turkeywinghokie Sep 11, 2025 at 08:03 AM ET

turkeywinghokie • 09/11/25 08:03 AM ET

I was at the last PeopleSoft conference before the takeover, during the war -- agray123 Sep 11, 2025 at 01:51 PM ET

agray123 • 09/11/25 01:51 PM ET

Funny. I was at that same conference and listened to Conway in his keynote ◄ -- vt90 Sep 11, 2025 at 04:09 PM ET

vt90 • 09/11/25 04:09 PM ET

Yes! I remember that speech! Small world. I still like Peoplesoft over SAP, -- agray123 Sep 12, 2025 at 01:21 PM ET

agray123 • 09/12/25 01:21 PM ET

Been working in PS since 2001 and hope to ride my current project into ... -- vt90 Sep 12, 2025 at 01:39 PM ET

vt90 • 09/12/25 01:39 PM ET

Replacing Navy ERP with Navy ERP+ (SAP S4) will be mine! ** -- agray123 Sep 12, 2025 at 02:00 PM ET

agray123 • 09/12/25 02:00 PM ET

Pretty sure that is true most days. But yeah, big leap.** -- vt90 Sep 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM ET

vt90 • 09/10/25 12:23 PM ET

$100+ Billion today- just passed him today** -- turkeywinghokie Sep 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM ET

turkeywinghokie • 09/10/25 12:37 PM ET

Yeah - have several buddies who work at Oracle that have been texting me .. -- vt90 Sep 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM ET

vt90 • 09/10/25 12:39 PM ET