Let’s don’t forget what happened when Oracle took over People Soft. There was some pretty deep slashing of former People Soft jobs.
Oracle grows by acquisition. They look for takeover targets with cash reserves or capitol holdings or customers they want.
In regard to cerner directly, if the past is any indication, be aware that the current cerner workforce is going to take it up the back side on this. Virtually all non technical positions will be gone before too long. Technical areas will be assessed to determine their potential to be a profit center
In the end, we’ll see lay offs beginning pretty quick. Some of it will be planned attrition, early retirement, performance reductions, and then out-and-out layoffs.