Rob Gonda's Blog - business

IE7 to be distributed via Automatic Updates

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:02:00 -0400

Microsoft announced that IE7 will be distributed via automatic updates. This will be very interesting to watch ... I hope they do some real testing before getting this bad boy out there.

Google buys writely

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:05:00 -0400

It was only a matter of time. Writely announced today that they are now part of Google. Another undeniable proof that Google = Web 2.0

sources: [news.com] [writely]

EU approves Oracle's purchase of Siebel

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:19:00 -0400

Business software maker Oracle won permission from the European Commission on Thursday to buy rival Siebel Systems in a $5.8 billion deal.

Since January, Oracle has closed seven acquisitions, including its recently completed $10.6 billion hostile takeover of PeopleSoft.

If the deal closes, Oracle--the No. 1 database maker--will be running neck-and-neck with SAP to lay claim as the world's biggest CRM software seller, market researchers IDC and AMR have said.

more [here]