Armchair quarterback
Oracle chief Larry Ellison showed his true Silicon Valley tycoon colors yesterday, talking "as if his acrimonious 18-month bid to acquire competitor PeopleSoft was a done deal" and delivering "the kind of tongue-lashing to the 49ers' owners, Denise DeBartolo York and her husband, John York, that he usually reserves for tech rivals," according to the San Jose Mercury News.
Oracle-CEO and founder Larry Ellison: San Francisco 49ers the next take-over?
Ellison's comments are premature in both cases. Oracle has not completed a take-over of PeopleSoft and faces new legal challenges due to the "poison-pill" defense that PeopleSoft has mounted.
Ellison doesn't own the San Francisco 49ers football team, either, although rumors have suggested that he has been interested in purchasing the team.
Links:
Ellison talks about Oracle's plans for PeopleSoft, then blasts 49ers, by John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News, 9 December 2004
What's the story? Doug Millison also edits OnlineJournalist.org, "on a need-to-know basis"
