Oracle to Buy Hyperion for $3.3 Billion

Oolala submitted an article that opens: "Business software maker Oracle Corp. will buy Hyperion Solutions Corp. for $3.3 billion in cash, renewing a shopping spree aimed at toppling rival SAP AG. The deal announced Thursday will give Oracle an arsenal of Hyperion products that are widely used by SAP's customers. Hyperion's tools, known as "business intelligence" software, help chief financial officers and other top corporate executives track their company's performance."

in cash?

[piojo]

That's a lot of cash. I wonder how they'll carry it?

Re:in cash?

[GFree]

They'll probably just stick the money on Larry Ellison's jet, fly over Hyperion Solutions HQ and dump it into this really big bag with a dollar sign on it. It has to have a dollar sign you know. The number of vertical strike in the middle is discretionary.

And that's how you do high-level business. Or so I hear.

Re:in cash?

[Bob54321]

I'd say they would initially hand over one of those big novelty cheques. They are always good for big amounts of money.

Re:in cash?

[just-a-stone]

After a full scan, then they locked Hyperion until the huge transaction is processed. Later on, they'll send a rule based optimizer.

What for?

[Nuffsaid]

What is the evil plan behind the acquisition of a huge icy moon [nineplanets.org] weighting almost 18 millions billions tons? Easy. Move it in Earth orbit and threat your competitors to crush their headquarters with the power of millions of H bombs if they don't hand you ONE HUNDRED THOUSANDS BILIONS DOLLARS!!! MhuuahahahAHAH!!!