SiliconBeat

We all know that Oracle (ticker:ORCL) has been buying everything with a pulse the last few years. The only thing that would make an Oracle acquisition news again would be some crazy, hostile bid for Microsoft (Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease…).

Still, a proxy filed Friday by the soon-to-be-Oracle-roadkill BEA Systems (ticker:BEAS) reminds us just how far the scorched-earth campaign has gone.

The proxy included a mostly unhelpful Q&A designed to answer (0r not answer) questions that BEA employees might have about what happens to them after the merger. Apparently one of their burning questions is: “How many acquisitions has Oracle completed?”

To which the answer is: More than 40 in the past three years.

Even more interesting: Almost one out of three Oracle employees joined the company through one of those mergers, according to the proxy.

That’s a lot strangers at the company picnic.