Oracle Sued For 'Extortion, Lies' By Montclair State University 359
angry tapir writes "Montclair State University is suing Oracle in connection with a troubled ERP (enterprise resource planning) project. Montclair's complaint, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, states that Oracle made an array of 'intentionally false statements' regarding the functionality of its base ERP system, the amount of customization that would be required, and the amount of 'time, resources, and personnel that the University would have to devote.' 'Ultimately, after missing a critical go-live deadline for the University's finance system, Oracle sought to extort millions of dollars from the University by advising the University that it would not complete the implementation of the ... project unless the University agreed to pay millions of dollars more than the fixed fee the University and Oracle had previously agreed to,' it adds."
It's not lying (Score:5, Funny)
It's not lying, it's marketing and/or sales.
You have angered the Larry (Score:5, Funny)
Pray you do not anger Him further.
Larry Awesome. (Score:2, Funny)
He is just that awesome.
Re:Good, bring 'em on (Score:5, Funny)
As one of the guys responsible for delivering on salesweasels' promises,
It's ok, you're allowed to say "Engineer" here. You're amongst friends. :)
Darth Ellison (Score:4, Funny)
Larry Ellison: Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly?
Dr. Cole: [pauses] No.
Larry Ellison Good. It would be unfortunate if this project happened to have any further costly delays.
Dr. Cole: [under her breath] This deal is getting worse all the time.
Re:Tuition math lesson (Score:5, Funny)
Just got your law degree, huh?
Re:You are part of the problem (Score:2, Funny)
Yes, yes... I used to use MS/Windows too!... Now i use Linux!
God damn... my wife is right! I can work linux into any conversation!
Damn!
Re:It's not lying (Score:5, Funny)
perhaps you didn't bother to read it and simply read the sparse /. summary?
Perhaps you forgot where you were? :)