Oracle faces long, hard road to prove SAP charges

July 5, 2007

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Oracle's search for a smoking gun to prove the truth of its allegations that rival SAP stole its software is likely to be long and arduous, making an out-of-court settlement attractive for both parties.

A day after SAP unexpectedly admitted in a court filing that a subsidiary had improperly downloaded software from Oracle, computer security experts said Oracle would need to do much more to push its case far further.

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