Back to 1995

Hearing that Craig Conway was going to sell PeopleSoft to Fortinet, Duffield was a little angry at first, and then calmed down. He knew that it would be useless to call Craig Conway at this time, even if he returned to PeopleSoft , I am afraid I can only sell PeopleSoft.

Big Brother doesn’t laugh at Second Brother, everyone is basically the same. It’s useless to scold Craig Conway at this time. PeopleSoft’s card has reached this point, and it’s useless to replace anyone. People, whether it is Bian Que who treats them or Hua Tuo who diagnoses the pulse, are basically the same set of Bian Que three consecutive, can not be cured, die, and leave, the difference is only a question of who to sell PeopleSoft to!

"Bruno Song personally guaranteed for Fortinet EMC Group that after the acquisition of PeopleSoft, the PeopleSoft brand will not be hidden, and PeopleSoft will not reduce the number of employees. Software companies, even entering the database market, PeopleSoft will not disappear!"

Craig Conway turned to Duffield and told the conditions of the Free Tower, compared to the aggressive Oracle, the conditions of the Free Tower are obviously much more favorable.

As for the most important purchase fee, Oracle is eyeing it, and Feita will definitely not be able to offer a cabbage price.

Duffield is unwilling, but at the age of 62, no matter how ambitious he is, his energy is far from enough to gamble again and bring Nishina back to life. This does not depend on personal will.

"What do I need to do?!" Duffield said with a sigh.

Seeing this, Craig Conway said, "I want President Duffield to join this negotiation. You are the major shareholder of PeopleSoft. If you are willing to join, you can change the attitude of those on the board of directors, George Battelle!"

On a pier in San Francisco, on the Oracle-BMW sailboat docked on the shore, Larry Ellison, who had just finished talking on the phone with PeopleSoft Chairman George Battelle, was in a good mood. He put his arms around the models beside him and began to drink.

Like the retired Netscape founder Jim Clark, Larry Ellison is also a sailing enthusiast, and he plays bigger than Jim Clark. Leeson spends a lot of dollars every year for this sailing team, which is not much cheaper than maintaining a yacht.

Although in the first half of his life, he had trouble with Bill Gates and didn't take advantage of it, but there is one thing that Larry Ellison is better than Bill Gates, that is, he never hides things. Larry Ellison Sen never concealed that he was a bastard and a shameless person, spending time and drinking, various luxury houses, female models, etc., were all labels attached to him.

Even in the sixtieth year of the future, the old cow will still eat young grass, hook up with a 25-year-old supermodel, and a pear tree will crush a begonia, but the media around the world don't scold him much, after all, others set it up like that, scold him There are too many people, and it doesn't hurt or itch. He doesn't care about reputation at all.

In contrast, Bill Gates cherishes his feathers too much. He is afraid that he will have negative news. Because of this, he failed to keep his reputation. He was scolded by all kinds of turbulence, and he even got lost at the end of the festival. But if those things were placed on Larry Ellison, it would not be a problem. It can only be said that the choice is different, and the ending will naturally be different. It was concluded by posterity.

Larry Ellison was in a good mood, took a sip of his drink, and kissed the model beside him. Just now, George Battelle had told Larry Ellison on the phone that he would send Craig Conway Drive away, get a new president, and start acquisition negotiations with Oracle!

Larry Ellison couldn't help being excited at the thought of kicking his arch-rival Craig Conway out of the house. After all, he won this war. Although there were twists and turns in the middle, he also paid a lot for it. A price, but worth it in the end.

Just as Larry Ellison was about to go to sea, his assistant hurried up holding a laptop.

Seeing Harvey Peet's interview with the media broadcast on the computer, and when he was about to initiate an antitrust review of Oracle's hostile takeover of PeopleSoft, Larry Ellison immediately felt his scalp was about to explode.

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"Is he crazy? What does Oracle think of? Call the Commander and the Election Committee of the Elephant Party. I want to talk to the Cowboy Commander myself!"

Larry Ellison was so pissed off that he didn't even think about it, but it was Harvey Pete who stabbed him in the back. You know, he's also the big money maker of the Elephant Party One of them, although there is not as much money donated by a certain great benevolent person to the Elephant Party, but you can't help but treat the bean bag as dry food. I have never seen such a bully of the big benefactor!
There are not many donors in the technology industry who support the Elephant Party, but Larry Ellison is one of them. Although there are not as many donations as Song Yang, Larry Ellison still has one vote in the Elephant Party The only ones who support him are the big figures of the elephant party, who are not as powerful as Song Yang's little cowboy, Tom Delay, Card, and Adrian.

The reason why Larry Ellison dared to blatantly take Nishina by force is also related to the current Xiangdang world. Take a look at the Little Cowboys, how much they have paid back to Song Yang, the big donor, and let Song Yang's efforts in the past few years The worth is rolling upwards, leaving Bill Gates, Buffett and others far behind. This is the return of a successful bet in the American election.

Not only Song Yang, but also those who strongly supported him during the Little Cowboys election, as well as major forces, such as the Koch brothers, as well as the Federal Petroleum Corporation and the Federal Military-Industrial Complex, etc., how much they have earned in the past few years.

He, Larry Ellison, what's the matter, he can be regarded as one of the "winners". Not to mention, like Song Yang, his value has soared like crazy in the past few years, and he has successively acquired Alcatel, WPP, EMC, Grew Man, London Metal Exchange and other giant companies, he bought a PeopleSoft company, and some people made trouble for him. What's more, his own people stabbed him. Larry Ellison can't be blamed.

Looking at Larry Ellison, who was like a furious lion, the people on the sailing boat were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe out, for fear of being swallowed alive by Larry Ellison who was furious. .

When Larry Ellison was furious and wanted to find an explanation from the Cowboys and the Elephant Party, PeopleSoft officially started acquisition negotiations with Fortinet EMC Group!

George Battelle, the boss of PeopleSoft's board of directors sitting in the negotiating conference room, is still a little dizzy. He doesn't know why, suddenly, the head of the city changed into a king's banner. He just talked to Larry Ellison A verbal agreement was reached to sell Craig Conway for a peace.

As a result, as soon as he put down the phone, he ran into the menacing Craig Conway, who rushed in with Duffield, and did not allow him to make any rebuttals. As for Larry Ellison, he had no chance to tip off the news, so he proposed , to sell PeopleSoft to Fortinet Corporation!
What can George Battelle do? He is the boss of PeopleSoft's board of directors, but facing Craig Conway, who represents PeopleSoft's professional managers and management, and Duffield, who is a major shareholder of PeopleSoft, the two of them joined forces, basically It can decide the whereabouts of PeopleSoft, he has to agree if he agrees, and he has to agree if he disagrees!

With a groan in his heart, George Battelle knew that when the news spread, Larry Ellison would probably hate him to the core. This incident, it seemed, was that he had fooled Larry Ellison with a delaying strategy. Like Leeson, but George Battelle really didn't have that idea, he was really wronged.

With Larry Ellison's character of repaying every penny, he didn't know how to deal with him in the future. George Battelle was complaining in his heart, and looked at Craig Conway with some resentment. If he had known that Craig Conway Craig Conway, if he can bring in the flying tower as a reinforcement, why would he bother to hook up with Larry Ellison.

"President Duffield, I have long admired your name!"

When Song Yang entered the meeting room, he first said to Duffield that he is an old gun in the technology industry. He is a figure of the same era as Bill Gates, Jobs, and McNealy. It is hard to say how much influence he still has, but Seniority and status are there, even if it is for the sake of face, one has to respect Duffield three points.

To give Duffield face is not just for him alone, but to respect those big cows of his contemporaries. Although most of Duffield's people have retired, there are still a large group of disciples and grandchildren. The war of words will push those people to the opposite side, and then their reputation will be ruined. Fame is useless most of the time, but it may be useful someday. For example, when recruiting some technical experts, contacts, relationships , Fame can be useful.

Seeing the attitude of Song Yang, who represents Silicon Valley, and his attitude towards him, Duffield couldn't help but smile. Just by comparing, Song Yang and Larry Ellison have the same attitude towards PeopleSoft. It made Duffield more inclined to reach an agreement with Song Yang.

After the two parties sat down after exchanging pleasantries, Jotus said directly, "Everyone should have read today's news that Oracle is temporarily unable to acquire PeopleSoft, but this can only stop Oracle for a while, and it is impossible to stop Oracle for the first time!
Larry Ellison must have invited a public relations firm in Washington, as well as using the contacts of the Elephant Party to put pressure on the public relations of the Federal Securities Commission. There is not much time left for PeopleSoft, and a choice must be made, or Oracle , or Feita Group! "

"Oracle has raised the purchase price to $25 per share and provided $51 billion in cash to complete the acquisition of PeopleSoft at a total purchase price of $100 billion.

What kind of acquisition price can Feita offer? "

George Battelle said directly that he didn't care about what Fortinet offered PeopleSoft to retain the brand, operate independently, and help PeopleSoft acquire other companies. It didn't matter to him at all. He only cared about how much money Fortinet could pay. For the acquisition of PeopleSoft, he and the other directors of PeopleSoft only care about how much money this one can make. The rest has nothing to do with him.