Re: Peoplesoft to buy JDE

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mergers of this sort have a pattern.  The pattern ends in about 2 to 3 years
with one company surviving, and the total number of employees at about the
same number as the larger of the two companies involved.  The purchased
company's products are no longer salable, nor even functional, and everyone
is very sad about how it didn't work out.  The people responsible have
already harvested their millions, and have moved on to causing destruction
in other arenas.


 
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Monday, June 02, 2003 1:46:30 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Peoplesoft to buy JDE
 
I really don't think there is any major ramification. they don't overlap
products, really, so it is really just a business merger. Most likely it
will end up as tighter integration and software suites.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shields, Ken" <kenshields@xxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Mailing LIst'" <Midrange-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 2:26 PM
Subject: RE: Peoplesoft to buy JDE
 
 
> Hi All
> I am aware that JD Edwards is a large /400 supplier of business software.
Many of my associates swear by it.
> What are some of the ramifications here pro/con?
> Thanks
>
> Ken Shields
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