Oracle buys Sun for $7.4B!

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  • StuartD
    Sofa King Band
    • Jul 2002
    • 29903
    #1

    Oracle buys Sun for $7.4B!

    http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=16598&tag=nl.e589

    Oracle said Monday that it will buy Sun Microsystems for $9.50 a share in cash, or about $5.6 billion excluding debt, in a deal that plunges Larry Ellison & Co. into the hardware market. The company added that the acquisition of Java ?is the most important software Oracle has ever acquired.?

    With the move- valued at $7.4 billion including Sun?s debt - Oracle also becomes a full-fledged hardware player.
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    • Manowar
      jellyfish  
      • Dec 2003
      • 71528
      #2
      got damn, the rumours were that IBM was the only one interested

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        • Porn Producer
          So Fucking Banned
          • Dec 2008
          • 478
          #3
          Oracle announces MySQL will now be $50,000 per processor for web-exposed servers.

          That seems fair.

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            • WiredGuy
              Pounding Googlebot
              • Aug 2002
              • 34513
              #4
              Oracle buying into the Java platform? I'm curious what Larry's thinking with that.
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                • Brad Mitchell
                  Confirmed User
                  • Nov 2001
                  • 9813
                  #5
                  Definitely something to watch as it unfolds. It would be nice to see a Oracle take a more aggressive approach on hardware pricing versus the old Sun but I can't imagine that happening as mainstream pricing and markets aren't Oracle's current focus.

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                    • Bjorn Andersen
                      Registered User
                      • Apr 2009
                      • 67
                      #6
                      ouch.....
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                        • nation-x
                          Confirmed User
                          • Mar 2004
                          • 5370
                          #7
                          that sux really

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                            • Ace_luffy
                              www.creationcrew.com
                              • Feb 2005
                              • 12165
                              #8
                              that's really a big news on BBC

                              i wonder what's plans of oracle why buying " JAVA " creators....

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                                • Klen
                                  • Aug 2006
                                  • 32234
                                  #9
                                  Interesting article here:
                                  http://petereisentraut.blogspot.com/...sun-mysql.html

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                                    • XR2
                                      Registered User
                                      • Apr 2009
                                      • 38
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Brad Mitchell
                                      Definitely something to watch as it unfolds. It would be nice to see a Oracle take a more aggressive approach on hardware pricing versus the old Sun but I can't imagine that happening as mainstream pricing and markets aren't Oracle's current focus.

                                      Brad
                                      Blimey, I know sun was/is expensive remember spending around $2.5M on a E15K woof! a few years back , but oracle pricing is legendary with hideously complex and very expensive licensing models, although I've got to admit, I do love Oracle as an RDBMS...

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                                        • L0stMind
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Sep 2002
                                          • 1681
                                          #11
                                          There is no way Oracle buying Sun will result in lower cost hardware. Have you ever tried to purchase anything from Oracle? hehehe.

                                          Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they spin off or drop the hardware division entirely as it's not in Oracle's favour. And who runs Oracle on Solaris??

                                          Too bad, I really like Sun hardware.

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                                            • Brad Mitchell
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Nov 2001
                                              • 9813
                                              #12
                                              Who knows, perhaps they'll merge with Apple and conquer the universe. LOL

                                              Brad
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                                                • GAMEFINEST
                                                  Make STACK$
                                                  • Nov 2006
                                                  • 14470
                                                  #13
                                                  layoffs ..
                                                  Compound interest.

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                                                    • kmanrox
                                                      aka K-Man
                                                      • Oct 2001
                                                      • 29295
                                                      #14
                                                      i always new oracle porn was bigtime!
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