SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

SCHEDULE 14D-9

SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(4) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 8)

PEOPLESOFT, INC.

(Name of Subject Company)

PEOPLESOFT, INC.

(Name of Person Filing Statement)

Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share

(Title of Class of Securities)

712713106

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Craig Conway
President and Chief Executive Officer
PeopleSoft, Inc.
4460 Hacienda Drive, Pleasanton, California 94588-8618
(925) 225-3000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notice and Communications on Behalf of the Person Filing Statement)

COPIES TO:

Douglas D. Smith, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
One Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 393-8200

     o Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer

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Purpose of Amendment

     The purpose of this amendment is to amend and supplement Items 6 and 8 in the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 previously filed by PeopleSoft, Inc. (the “Company") on June 11, 2003 and subsequently amended, and to add additional Exhibits to Item 9 and revise the Exhibit Index accordingly.

Item 6. Interest in Securities of the Subject Company

     Item 6 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

     Except as described below and except as disclosed in the Schedule 14D-9 previously filed by the Company, as subsequently amended, no transactions with respect to the Common Stock have been effected by the Company or, to the Company’s best knowledge, by any of its executive officers, directors, affiliates or subsidiaries during the past 60 days.

			Nature of	Number Shares of
Name	Date of Transaction		Transaction	Common Stock		Purchase/Sale Price
David A. Duffield		08/27/03	Sale*		25,000	$	17.33
David A. Duffield		09/03/03	Sale*		25,000	$	19.26
David A. Duffield		09/10/03	Sale*		25,000	$	18.59

* Sale pursuant to Rule 10b5-1(c) trading plan.

Item 8. Additional Information

     On August 12, 2003, the Company filed a First Amended Complaint with the Alameda County Superior Court with respect to the action originally commenced by the Company against Oracle Corporation (“Oracle”) on June 13, 2003. Because the August 12, 2003 pleading quoted from and referenced documents that Oracle had designated as “Confidential, Attorneys’ Eyes Only,” the Company filed a redacted version of the First Amended Complaint with the court omitting that material, and lodged with the Court under seal a complete unredacted version of the pleading. The redacted version previously was filed by the Company as exhibit (a)(48) hereto. Oracle subsequently withdrew its confidentiality designation as to the matters set forth in the First Amended Complaint, and on September 4, 2003, the Court authorized and PeopleSoft duly filed the complete version of the First Amended Complaint, a copy of which is filed as exhibit (a)(51) hereto.

     On August 29, 2003, the Company announced that, following its July 18 acquisition of J.D. Edwards & Company (“J.D. Edwards”), it had purchased all remaining shares not tendered in the Company’s exchange offer for all outstanding shares of J.D. Edwards capital stock. A copy of the Company’s press release announcing this purchase is attached as exhibit (a)(49) hereto and is incorporated herein by this reference.

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     On September 4, 2003, the Company announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program for up to $350 million of the Company’s common stock. The text of the press release announcing the repurchase program is attached as exhibit (a)(50) hereto and is incorporated herein by this reference.

     On September 4, 2003, Oracle Corporation announced that it had extended its previously announced tender offer for all of the common stock of the Company to midnight EDT on Friday, October 17, 2003. Oracle also announced that as of the close of business on Thursday, September 4, 2003, approximately 38,718,737 shares had been tendered in and not withdrawn from the offer, representing less than 11% of the Company’s outstanding shares.

Item 9. Materials to Be Filed as Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Document
*(a)(1)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft on June 12, 2003
*(a)(2)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft on June 6, 2003 (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s Schedule 14D-9C filed with the SEC on June 7, 2003)
**(a)(3)	Letter, dated June 13, 2003, to PeopleSoft’s stockholders
***(a)(4)	Letter to customers issued June 16, 2003 (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 16, 2003 425 filing)
***(a)(5)	Investor presentation materials (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 17, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(6)	Press release issued by CRN (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 19, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(7)	Press release issued by CNET News.com (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 19, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(8)	Transcript of conference call held by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 13, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(9)	Complaint filed by PeopleSoft in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda
****(a)(10)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 16, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(11)	Press release issued by ComputerWeekly.com (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 19, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(12)	Press release issued by The Motley Fool (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 19, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(13)	Press release issued by the Higher Education User Group (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 19, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(14)	Text of information posted on PeopleSoft’s website (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 18, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(15)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 18, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(16)	Press release issued by the Distributors & Manufacturers’ User Group (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 19, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(17)	Press release issued by the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office
****(a)(18)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft on June 20, 2003
*****(a)(19)	Investor presentation materials (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 23, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(20)	Letter to PeopleSoft employees (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 23, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(21)	Press release issued by eWeek (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 23, 2003 425 filing)

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Exhibit No.	Document
*****(a)(22)	Press release issued by the Healthcare Industry User Group (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 24, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(23)	Advertisement placed by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 23, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(24)	Advertisement placed by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 24, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(25)	Text of International Customer Advisory Board’s e-mail posted on PeopleSoft’s website (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 24, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(26)	Press release issued by Quest (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 24, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(27)	Advertisement placed by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 25, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(28)	Transcript of TriNet webcast posted on PeopleSoft’s website (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 25, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(29)	Transcript of CNBC webcast posted on PeopleSoft’s website (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 25, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(30)	Press release issued by the International Customer Advisory Board (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 23, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(31)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 1, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(32)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 1, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(33)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 2, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(34)	Transcript of conference call held by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 2, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(35)	Advertisement placed by PeopleSoft on July 2, 2003 (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 2, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(36)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 7, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(37)	Press release issued by InformationWeek (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 8, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(38)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 14, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(39)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 16, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(40)	Press release issued by CRMDaily.com (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 16, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(41)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 18, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(42)	Advertisement placed by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 22, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(43)	Advertisement placed by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 24, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(44)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 24, 2003 425 filing)
††(a)(45)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 28, 2003 425 filing)
††(a)(46)	Press release issued by International Customer Advisory Board and Quest (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 29, 2003 425 filing)
††(a)(47)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s August 13, 2003 425 filing)

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Exhibit No.	Document
††(a)(48)	Redacted version of First Amended Complaint filed by PeopleSoft in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda
(a)(49)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft on August 29, 2003
(a)(50)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft on September 4, 2003
(a)(51)	Unredacted version of First Amended Complaint filed by PeopleSoft in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda
(a)(52)	Transcript of PeopleSoft Analyst Day conference held by PeopleSoft on September 4, 2003
(a)(53)	PeopleSoft Analyst Day Power Point presentation materials
(a)(54)	PeopleSoft Analyst Day reconciliation of Non-GAAP to GAAP financial measures
*(e)(1)	Excerpts from PeopleSoft’s Definitive Proxy Statement dated April 28, 2003 relating to the 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
*(e)(2)	Employment Agreement, dated May 10, 1999, by and between Craig Conway and PeopleSoft, Inc., (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.47 filed with PeopleSoft’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999)
*(e)(3)	Employment Contract, dated as of January 1, 2000, with addendums thereto dated as of January 1, 2000, and January 1, 2001, by and between Guy Dubois and PeopleSoft France S.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.45 filed with PeopleSoft’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001)
†††(e)(4)	Executive Severance Policy – Executive Vice Presidents, effective as of January 1, 2003
†††(e)(5)	Executive Severance Policy – Senior Vice Presidents, effective as of January 1, 2003

*	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC June 12, 2003.
**	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC June 13, 2003.
***	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC June 17, 2003.
****	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC June 20, 2003.
*****	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC July 3, 2003.
†	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC July 25, 2003.
††	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC August 14, 2003.
†††	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC August 22, 2003.

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SIGNATURE

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete, and correct.

PEOPLESOFT, INC.
By:	/s/ KEVIN T. PARKER
	Kevin T. Parker Executive Vice President Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Date: September 11, 2003

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Exhibit No.	Document
*(a)(1)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft on June 12, 2003
*(a)(2)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft on June 6, 2003 (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s Schedule 14D-9C filed with the SEC on June 7, 2003)
**(a)(3)	Letter, dated June 13, 2003, to PeopleSoft’s stockholders
***(a)(4)	Letter to customers issued June 16, 2003 (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 16, 2003 425 filing)
***(a)(5)	Investor presentation materials (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 17, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(6)	Press release issued by CRN (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 19, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(7)	Press release issued by CNET News.com (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 19, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(8)	Transcript of conference call held by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 13, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(9)	Complaint filed by PeopleSoft in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda
****(a)(10)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 16, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(11)	Press release issued by ComputerWeekly.com (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 19, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(12)	Press release issued by The Motley Fool (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 19, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(13)	Press release issued by the Higher Education User Group (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 19, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(14)	Text of information posted on PeopleSoft’s website (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 18, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(15)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 18, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(16)	Press release issued by the Distributors & Manufacturers’ User Group (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 19, 2003 425 filing)
****(a)(17)	Press release issued by the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office
****(a)(18)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft on June 20, 2003
*****(a)(19)	Investor presentation materials (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 23, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(20)	Letter to PeopleSoft employees (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 23, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(21)	Press release issued by eWeek (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 23, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(22)	Press release issued by the Healthcare Industry User Group (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 24, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(23)	Advertisement placed by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 23, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(24)	Advertisement placed by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 24, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(25)	Text of International Customer Advisory Board’s e-mail posted on PeopleSoft’s website (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 24, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(26)	Press release issued by Quest (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 24, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(27)	Advertisement placed by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 25, 2003

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Exhibit No.	Document
	425 filing)
*****(a)(28)	Transcript of TriNet webcast posted on PeopleSoft’s website (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 25, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(29)	Transcript of CNBC webcast posted on PeopleSoft’s website (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 25, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(30)	Press release issued by the International Customer Advisory Board (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s June 23, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(31)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 1, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(32)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 1, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(33)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 2, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(34)	Transcript of conference call held by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 2, 2003 425 filing)
*****(a)(35)	Advertisement placed by PeopleSoft on July 2, 2003 (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 2, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(36)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 7, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(37)	Press release issued by InformationWeek (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 8, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(38)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 14, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(39)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 16, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(40)	Press release issued by CRMDaily.com (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 16, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(41)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 18, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(42)	Advertisement placed by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 22, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(43)	Advertisement placed by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 24, 2003 425 filing)
†(a)(44)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 24, 2003 425 filing)
††(a)(45)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 28, 2003 425 filing)
††(a)(46)	Press release issued by International Customer Advisory Board and Quest (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s July 29, 2003 425 filing)
††(a)(47)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft (incorporated by reference to PeopleSoft’s August 13, 2003 425 filing)
††(a)(48)	Redacted version of First Amended Complaint filed by PeopleSoft in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda
(a)(49)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft on August 29, 2003
(a)(50)	Press release issued by PeopleSoft on September 4, 2003
(a)(51)	Unredacted version of First Amended Complaint filed by PeopleSoft in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda
(a)(52)	Transcript of PeopleSoft Analyst Day conference held by PeopleSoft on September 4, 2003
(a)(53)	PeopleSoft Analyst Day power point presentation materials
(a)(54)	PeopleSoft Analyst Day reconciliation of Non-GAAP to GAAP financial measures
*(e)(1)	Excerpts from PeopleSoft’s Definitive Proxy Statement dated April 28, 2003 relating to the 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
*(e)(2)	Employment Agreement, dated May 10, 1999, by and between Craig Conway and PeopleSoft, Inc., (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.47 filed with PeopleSoft’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999)

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Exhibit No.	Document
*(e)(3)	Employment Contract, dated as of January 1, 2000, with addendums thereto dated as of January 1, 2000, and January 1, 2001, by and between Guy Dubois and PeopleSoft France S.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.45 filed with PeopleSoft’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001)
†††(e)(4)	Executive Severance Policy – Executive Vice Presidents, effective as of January 1, 2003
†††(e)(5)	Executive Severance Policy – Senior Vice Presidents, effective as of January 1, 2003

*	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC June 12, 2003.
**	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC June 13, 2003.
***	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC June 17, 2003.
****	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC June 20, 2003.
*****	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC July 3, 2003.
†	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC July 25, 2003.
††	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC August 14, 2003.
†††	Previously filed as an exhibit to PeopleSoft’s Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC August 22, 2003.

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