Official Describes Rush to OK $95-Million Oracle Pact

The Los Angeles Times ^ | May 7, 2002 | MIGUEL BUSTILLO and NANCY VOGEL

[heleny]

Probe: Testimony comes on first day of hearings on deal, approved with little study, no bidding.

Cynthia Curry, a top attorney for the Department of General Services, one of the state agencies that approved the deal, told lawmakers that she was given the full Oracle contract to review the day it was signed, and was so concerned about it that she went over the head of her boss to complain.

[heleny]

Click here for the article, but the rest is not worth reading.

The rest of the article gives some background available in the other newspapers, and then proceeds to describe briefly yesterday's Oracle hearings and who would be expected to testify.

[heleny]

fyi

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Another bit of info for us Calgov2002 info junkies!

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[eureka!]

An interesting couple of tidbits from other articles were that (1) the $25,000 campaign check was written weeks earlier but delivered after the contract (along with $20,000 more after that) and (2) the rush to sign the contract was so Oracle could "book" it as revenues. This thing truly stinks to high heavens....

[d14truth]

Did California get 'hoodwinked'?(About the 12th story down in this compilation by James Temple)

ORACLE SLASHES SOFTWARE PRICE - June 22, 2001

"Oracle has cut the price of its database software by nearly 50 percent, dramatically changing a price formula put into place nearly two years ago that saw prices increase as a customer's hardware became more powerful. It will now cost $40,000 per processor to license Oracle's new database upgrade, called "9i," according to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. Ellison says that will put the price under database management software from competitors, a fact that is disputed by Oracle's major challengers, IBM and Microsoft."

Didn't the California contract get agreed to in May? I bet we taxpayers got 'the shaft' more than we got a deal. The governor got 'the deal'.

[d14truth]

"California: Who was applying the pressure for the Oracle deal -- and why?"

The article 'linked' above might indicate the 'why'. California got the 'discount' from the old price, not knowing that if they waited, they would get the even lower 'new' price.

Note to Governor---When the 'SALE' ends today, it usually means that tomorrow starts a 'new' and often 'better' one.

How 'dumb' are the DOOFI we have in Sacramento? The 'campaign contribution' was the 'deal closer'. Government has a sad lack of business acumen. 'Buy High, Sell Low'. If there is no hope for a 'smarter' government, we had better make sure that it gets a whole lot smaller.

[Gophack]

Didn't the California contract get agreed to in May? I bet we taxpayers got 'the shaft' more than we got a deal. The governor got 'the deal'.

Yep, May 31, 2001. But allegedly, we got the software at half off because of the quantity ... but I guess it wouldn't have mattered, because we could have bought it off the shelf three weeks later at the same price.

[Gophack]

'Buy High, Sell Low'. If there is no hope for a 'smarter' government, we had better make sure that it gets a whole lot smaller.

That's what Davis did to us when he panicked during the energy crunch ... and we're going to be paying for it for years ...

[Liz]

......we taxpayers got 'the shaft' more than we got a deal....governor got 'the deal'.......

Yeah, but you get the chance to shaft the guv in November.

[Grampa Dave]

I'M NOT A CROOK!_______ CYNTHIA CURRY RUSHED ME INTO THIS DEAL!

GW AND DICK CHENEY MADE ME DO IT!

SIMON MADE ME DO IT!

I'M INNOCENT! I'VE BEEN FRAMED!

GSA/LOGICON DID IT!

I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ANYTHING!

I SAW NOTHING! HEARD NOTHING! I SAID NOTHING, BUT GIVE ME MO MONEY TO STOP THE SIMON JUGGERNAUT!

IF I DID ANYTHING, IT WAS TO SAVE ABORTION, THE GAY AGENDA, ILLEGAL ALIENS AND FOR THE STARVING CHILRUN!

I WAS BUSY BATTLING ENRON, SAVING THE CALIFORNIA ECONOMY

I KEPT THE LIGHTS ON & THE PRINTING PRESSES RUNNING FOR KALIFORNIANS !