I don't have a lot to say about the other big deal this week, but I love this story from Bruce Daley at the Siebel Observer:
...At one customer event a few years ago Tom Siebel showed up with cuts and bruises on his face.
"I ran into Larry Ellison at bar last night," he joked at the time.
Oracle's efforts to put Siebel Systems out of business were no laughing matter. There is a story, which like most good stories deserves to be true even if it isn't, that early in the Siebel's corporate history an effort was made to convince the Redwood Shores giant to buy the new company's solution. The contract made its way up the corporate ladder until it reached Larry Ellison's desk. Ellison then made an appointment to see Tom Siebel personally. When Siebel arrived Ellison took the contract and ripped it to pieces in front of him...
What should be in focus today is that Oracle has been trying for years to put Siebel Systems out of business and they finally succeeded.
Putting all these companies out of business to protect a dying revenue steam simply creates opportunities for new businesses.
