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Undoing Oracle deal takes time
Mercury News ^ | 6/16/02 | Ann E. Marimow

Posted on 06/17/2002 9:06:35 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/13/2004 3:29:26 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

SACRAMENTO - When Gov. Gray Davis announced the state would walk away from the Oracle software deal, his spokesman said the negotiations could take as long as two weeks. That was more than a month ago.

As the legislative inquiry into the unprecedented no-bid contract enters its ninth and final week, state officials and the Redwood City company continue to hash out how to undo the contract to provide more than 250,000 licenses to access Oracle databases. The state's first payment of $14 million is due in September.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: calgov2002; california; davis; knife; oracle; simon
What a me$$ !!!
DUMP DAVI$ & the Den of Socialists



GO SIMON

1 posted on 06/17/2002 9:06:36 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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2 posted on 06/17/2002 11:06:35 AM PDT by Free the USA
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3 posted on 06/17/2002 12:50:10 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: NormsRevenge
I hope it takes them LOTS of time and becomes a tangled mess. It's a form of damage control.
4 posted on 06/17/2002 12:58:40 PM PDT by Carry_Okie
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach;NormsRevenge;Liz;Grampa Dave;RonDog;generalissimoduane
Undoing

Something the Ungovernor should be good at?
5 posted on 06/18/2002 12:15:29 PM PDT by d14truth
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To: NormsRevenge
Why is it again that Home Depot doesn't want to do business with the gov'ment? Hmmm.. Go figure

Cheers!!

6 posted on 06/18/2002 12:24:27 PM PDT by always vigilant
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