“Travel has high barriers to entry, ... This is more a classic bet on China as an emerging market.”
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“We are early in this market and there could be six or seven winners. Its not a winner take all business,”
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“This is a company that is now facing a very competitive landscape and the management team, rather than going quietly into that good night, is now going to spend on a costly legal battle with the government.”
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“Im pretty confident that theyll be fighting the European Union as well.”
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“When Oracle first announced the takeover, success was more important because the applications business wasnt doing well, ... Now its doing well enough that Im significantly less concerned about Oracle not being able to take over PeopleSoft.”
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“The corporate spending environment was better in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004 than fiscal 2003 and yet, Oracles application sales business declined, ... This suggests that clearly its a company-specific problem.”
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“Investors fail to appreciate is that this is one of Lis companies. Having one of the wealthiest and most influential men in China owning your company carries a lot of weight,”
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“If Oracle wants to spend more money on lawyers, they should go ahead, but investors should be planning for a world where Oracle and PeopleSoft are separate, ... Unfortunately, the script of this movie ends with Oracle being disappointed.”
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“Id be surprised if we get tacit admission from the company, but the takeover probably distracted Oracles front-line sales reps and customers,”
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“If Oracle wants to spend more money on lawyers, they should go ahead, but investors should be planning for a world where Oracle and PeopleSoft are separate. Unfortunately, the script of this movie ends with Oracle being disappointed.”
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