Hoo, Boy

You don't see the PeopleSoft name in the press too much any more, but this article brings back some bad memories...

Yahoo seems headed the way of PeopleSoft

One of the beauties, and the downfalls, of the current climate in America is that people can pretty much say anything they want to and have virtually no repercussions if it's inaccurate or derogatory. I wonder if this author's text would be any different if, say, her job was on the line about the innuendo and false perception she uses about the Oracle-PeopleSoft situation. I submit that this sort of character assassination had as much to do with PeopleSoft's downfall as Conway's reckless tongue...

Yeah, I know, I'm throwing some stuff out too, but I don't work for CBS MarketWatch...