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Apr 7, 2005

"In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich." --Henry Ward Beecher

PeopleSoft Puts People First

Dave Duffield wants former PeopleSoft employees laid off after the company was taken over by Oracle to get more than pink slips. He wants to give them $10,000 checks. The company co-founder launched his latest philanthropic venture Friday -- a fund to help struggling laid-off workers from PeopleSoft pay unexpected medical bills, relocate to another part of the country, or simply make ends meet.