Microsoft competes, Oracle insists
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft competes in the enterprise applications space, Oracle said in a white paper distributed one day before a top Microsoft executive is scheduled to testify to the contrary in the U.S. government's case to block Oracle's takeover of PeopleSoft.
The case hinges on the definition of the market for high-end human resources and financial management applications. The government argues that an Oracle-PeopleSoft merger would stifle competition, resulting in higher prices, because Oracle, PeopleSoft and Germany's SAP AG are the only options for buyers.