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Oracle Buys PeopleSoft: The Hostile Enterprise-Software Bet That Accelerated Consolidation

Oracle’s roughly $10.3 billion PeopleSoft deal ended an eighteen-month takeover battle and accelerated consolidation in enterprise applications, but at a very high integration price.

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