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What do you get when you combine ORCL and BEA?

By Owen Thomas, 3:53 PM on Fri Oct 12 2007, 187 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Using the ticker symbols for Oracle and BEA Systems, a software company Oracle is trying to buy, as Scrabble pieces, venture capitalist Paul Kedrosky manages to spell "corbel," "cabler," and, well, "oracle." But we have a better use for "BEA" and "ORCL" — a new name for the merged companies which summarizes their software's incredible ability to put people to sleep.

"Boracle."

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BEA has told its employees not to blog about the software maker's impending merger with Oracle. For the record, we stand with BEA management on this one.

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Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry on Oracle's purchase of BEA Systems: "Contacts tell us that Oracle delayed giving yearly raises to its employees for a quarter to fund the acquisition, which indicates seriousness on Oracle's part to have the acquisition done." [Epicenter]

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