ERP-conomics

Oracle Corp (NASDAQ:ORCL) made its third bid in less than a year, a $9.4 billion offer to acquire PeopleSoft (NASDAQ:PSFT) in an attempt to polarize the ERP market by incorporating Peoplesoft customer base to Oracle’s market share. If this happens sometime soon then we will see ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution prices soar as market for large scale companies will be shared mainly with SAP Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE: SAP). PeopleSoft has rejected the offer claiming the bid does not reflect the current company value (Market Cap around 8.13B, EPS 0.25) and Oracle is using this momentum to create confusion and erode relationships with customers. Question: Now, would you buy any of the following products or services?