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- $363 MillionIs that too much to spend on a PeopleSoft based personnel system? The New York Times seems to think so.
- The Wisdom of duels:Larry vs. LarryThere is a certain wisdom to be gleaned from dueling. America’s history is filled with many famous duels, a slow stepping off of paces, usually ten but sometimes more and sometimes less, an eventual turning to face the other’s weapon, and a finale leaving one or the other, or both, in let us say, a distressed state. To be sure this duel between Larry Page, Google CEO, and Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO, will not end on such a deadly note, being that it is a judge ordered face-to-face mediation concerning JAVA usage on the remote Android platform, not a personal affront to anyone’s honor, honesty, or ancestors.
- $363 MillionIs that too much to spend on a PeopleSoft based personnel system? The New York Times seems to think so.
- Sept 13, 2011

The Wisdom of duels:Larry vs. LarryThere is a certain wisdom to be gleaned from dueling. America’s history is filled with many famous duels, a slow stepping off of paces, usually ten but sometimes more and sometimes less, an eventual turning to face the other’s weapon, and a finale leaving one or the other, or both, in let us say, a distressed state. To be sure this duel between Larry Page, Google CEO, and Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO, will not end on such a deadly note, being that it is a judge ordered face-to-face mediation concerning JAVA usage on the remote Android platform, not a personal affront to anyone’s honor, honesty, or ancestors.
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