Oracle settles with State of Oregon for US$100m, by locking it in
Government hails free licences for PeopleSoft, Hyperion as stuff it could never afford, but desperately needs Oracle and the US State of Oregon have struck a $US100m settlement over Big Red's botching of a health portal project. But even though Oracle looks like the villain, it will probably come out ahead in the long term because the state has committed to implementing plenty of its software."