Not sure if anyone has followed this for the last couple of weeks but it is pretty interesting. It is bad for the employees at peoplesoft if the takeover goes through but that is buisness. I was not aware that Oracle was the #2 in software. At the end of the article the author talks about the 2 different routes MS and Oracle are going to take to be #1. :
In their looming confrontation for enterprise-applications customers, Microsoft and Oracle are also starting out by approaching customers from opposite ends of the spectrum.
Ellison, a vocal critic of complexity in corporate software installations, argues for a simple strategy with the database at the data centre hosting a variety of business applications sitting on top.
In contrast, everything at Microsoft is based around the Windows operating system. If Microsoft holds true to form, however, it is only a matter of time before the company "integrates" everything but the kitchen sink on top of the Office software suite that it sells to corporations.
Two very different approaches from two very different software companies. Customers don't need to choose one over the other just yet. But one day in the not-too-distant future, the issue will be forced upon them.
Which plan will make their company #1? Or do you think there is a better plan?
Personally because of MS Office I think MS will always be #1.
No, I don't believe that Microsoft will come out on top. They are already for seeing the greatness of the Linux OS and have said its a competitor so with that in mind Oracle is a great DB to use there, and at the same time, Oralce goes cross platform (as far as I know). MSOffice doesn't. Now why do you think MSOffice will give Microsoft the advantage? Theres nothing special about it and you can get all the same functionality for free by getting OpenOffice. I personally run both an different machines as well as a Linux machine that has other software that can do the same stuff. Im not so sure that Microsoft will be #1...