Thursday, May 10, 2007
SAP says to put up "massive fight" in Oracle suit | Reuters.com
SAP says to put up "massive fight" in Oracle suit Reuters.com: "In a speech at the German company's annual shareholders' meeting on Thursday, Henning Kagermann said: 'We will put up a massive fight against the accusations that have been made.'
Oracle has filed a lawsuit against SAP for corporate theft, alleging that employees of one of SAP's subsidiaries in Texas illegally used customer log-ins to steal software and other material from Oracle's password-protected Website.
The subsidiary, TomorrowNow, specialises in customer service for clients using PeopleSoft and JD Edwards software. Both are now part of Oracle, which has been on an acquisition spree.
Kagermann said: 'SAP respects the protection of intellectual property. At the moment we are investigating every single claim in the lawsuit and composing the defence that we will file with the court.'
'Even if Oracle portrays it differently in its petition, we believe what this is about is an attempt to make it more difficult for third parties to provide service and support for Oracle software,' he added."
Oracle has filed a lawsuit against SAP for corporate theft, alleging that employees of one of SAP's subsidiaries in Texas illegally used customer log-ins to steal software and other material from Oracle's password-protected Website.
The subsidiary, TomorrowNow, specialises in customer service for clients using PeopleSoft and JD Edwards software. Both are now part of Oracle, which has been on an acquisition spree.
Kagermann said: 'SAP respects the protection of intellectual property. At the moment we are investigating every single claim in the lawsuit and composing the defence that we will file with the court.'
'Even if Oracle portrays it differently in its petition, we believe what this is about is an attempt to make it more difficult for third parties to provide service and support for Oracle software,' he added."
