I heard during my travels last week that Oracle had bought or at least announced its intention to buy configuration, price, and quote software company Big Machines. Just a few days earlier, it had bought content marketing startup Compendium. This can’t be good news — and not for the reasons you think. Good for Big Machines. It needed a liquidity event because it’s gotten sizable, and the founders and investors deserved to cash out — so that part made sense. But what about Oracle?
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Oracle's Questionable Buys
Posted by: Denis Pombriant October 31, 2013 05:00 AMI heard during my travels last week that Oracle had bought or at least announced its intention to buy configuration, price, and quote software company Big Machines. Just a few days earlier, it had bought content marketing startup Compendium. This can’t be good news — and not for the reasons you think. Good for Big Machines. It needed a liquidity event because it’s gotten sizable, and the founders and investors deserved to cash out — so that part made sense. But what about Oracle?