Oracle moves to blunt Microsoft testimony

C|Net | at | by Mike

Oracle and Microsoft competed for business applications contracts nearly 100 times in 2002 and 2003, according to a white paper Oracle released on Tuesday. The database giant distributed the paper to reporters in advance of testimony from Microsoft executive Doug Burgum, a witness for the U.S. Justice Department scheduled to take the stand Wednesday in the Oracle antitrust case in U.S. District Court here. The Justice Department is trying to block Oracle's proposed takeover of PeopleSoft.