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Following yesterday’s Oracle / Sun announcement, the integration planning process will be starting almost immediately. Teams at both Oracle and Sun will be tasked with figuring out how to combine the two companies. What, though, is the new vision for the combined operation? The vision should inform the integration planning process; and help people figure [...]
OK – it’s official. Oracle is to buy Sun Microsystems. My initial reaction is that I like this deal more than the previous IBM deal. Clearly, however, we will have to wait and see what parts of Sun survive the acquisition.
According to Larry Ellison, the key drivers for Oracle wanting to buy Sun were based [...]
When Sun announced its plans to Open Source the Java platform under the GPL, there was just one vocal critic, set against a sea of positive reaction. That critic was IBM. And, now I read (via Simon Phipps) that Oracle is complaining too.
I have to say, I find the IBM and Oracle attitudes [...]