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SAP, HP and Oracle: a simple view of what's happened recently

MarkThursday, November 25, 2010

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Mark Bridge writes:

This sequence of recent events involving SAP, HP and Oracle – although unconnected – seemed deserving of a simple diagram.

• Software company SAP bought support company TomorrowNow in January 2005.

• Leo Apotheker left SAP in February 2010.

• Mark Hurd left HP in August 2010.

• Mark Hurd joined Oracle as co-president in September 2010.

• Leo Apotheker joined HP as CEO in November 2010.

• SAP ordered to pay $1.3 billion to Oracle after TomorrowNow is found liable for copyright infringement.

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