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Oracle demands US$4b fees from SAP
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November 10, 2010, Wednesday
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ORACLE Corp CEO Larry Ellison turned up the pressure in an industrial espionage trial on Monday by testifying that archenemy SAP AG should have paid US$4 billion for licenses to Oracle software.
SAP and Oracle, two of the world's biggest business-software makers, are fighting over how much SAP should pay to atone for the shady tactics of a now-shuttered software support subsidiary called TomorrowNow.
SAP has already admitted to bad behavior. It acknowledged that TomorrowNow stole customer support documents from Oracle password-protected websites and used them to steal business from Oracle by offering similar services at a cheaper price.
Oracle has said that it is owed billions for the value of the intellectual property that was taken from it. Ellison's US$4 billion estimate concerned the amount of money SAP would have paid for the appropriate licenses to Oracle's software, under certain conditions.
SAP claims TomorrowNow wasn't that effective at stealing customers, and it should only have to pay US$40 million for Oracle accounts it did manage to lure away.
The trial, in its second week in United States federal court, offers a rare look at the corners big companies might be tempted to cut in the battle for new business. It is also as much a public relations bonanza for Oracle as it is an attempt to recover damages, since Oracle gets to pillory two rivals at once: SAP and Hewlett-Packard Co.
SAP and Oracle, two of the world's biggest business-software makers, are fighting over how much SAP should pay to atone for the shady tactics of a now-shuttered software support subsidiary called TomorrowNow.
SAP has already admitted to bad behavior. It acknowledged that TomorrowNow stole customer support documents from Oracle password-protected websites and used them to steal business from Oracle by offering similar services at a cheaper price.
Oracle has said that it is owed billions for the value of the intellectual property that was taken from it. Ellison's US$4 billion estimate concerned the amount of money SAP would have paid for the appropriate licenses to Oracle's software, under certain conditions.
SAP claims TomorrowNow wasn't that effective at stealing customers, and it should only have to pay US$40 million for Oracle accounts it did manage to lure away.
The trial, in its second week in United States federal court, offers a rare look at the corners big companies might be tempted to cut in the battle for new business. It is also as much a public relations bonanza for Oracle as it is an attempt to recover damages, since Oracle gets to pillory two rivals at once: SAP and Hewlett-Packard Co.
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