Oracle/Peoplesoft deal - u know what it means

Sometimes I forget just how little people understand terms and technology.
In a USAToday article taking about the Oracle/Peoplesoft deal there was this paragraph:
Oracle is already the No. 1 maker of computer databases - powerful programs that store huge amounts of information. The PeopleSoft acquisition also will make it a major player in applications, or programs that run on top of a database to handle business tasks.

So that's what a database & application are, now I get the point why Oracle was keen on getting the Peoplesoft.

On the other side
Read this on GG's post PeopleSoft employee wants to get his coworkers jobs