Comments on: Oracle To Buy Sun For Approximately $7.4 Billion – Hold On To Your Hats http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:24:59 -0800 hourly 1 By: Free Ticket Giveaway To See Larry Ellison Speak At The Churchill Club | Macarne`s Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-3/#comment-2995566 Free Ticket Giveaway To See Larry Ellison Speak At The Churchill Club | Macarne`s Blog Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:57:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2995566 [...] to Ed Zander, former CEO of Motorola, and former President of Sun Microsystems, which Oracle acquired earlier this year, beating out rival IBM. It should be an interesting conversation considering the [...] [...] to Ed Zander, former CEO of Motorola, and former President of Sun Microsystems, which Oracle acquired earlier this year, beating out rival IBM. It should be an interesting conversation considering the [...]

]]> By: Free Ticket Giveaway To See Larry Ellison Speak At The Churchill Club http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-3/#comment-2993999 Free Ticket Giveaway To See Larry Ellison Speak At The Churchill Club Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:30:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2993999 [...] to Ed Zander, former CEO of Motorola, and former President of Sun Microsystems, which Oracle acquired earlier this year, beating out rival IBM. It should be an interesting conversation considering the [...] [...] to Ed Zander, former CEO of Motorola, and former President of Sun Microsystems, which Oracle acquired earlier this year, beating out rival IBM. It should be an interesting conversation considering the [...]

]]> By: Oracle To Sun Customers (And IBM): “We’re In It To Win It” | ScooperNews.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-3/#comment-2975873 Oracle To Sun Customers (And IBM): “We’re In It To Win It” | ScooperNews.com Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:50:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2975873 [...] Microsystems customers (and now rival IBM), stating its intentions with SPARC and Solaris before the monster acquisition is even a done deal. It’s a full-page ad that appeared in the European edition of the Wall [...] [...] Microsystems customers (and now rival IBM), stating its intentions with SPARC and Solaris before the monster acquisition is even a done deal. It’s a full-page ad that appeared in the European edition of the Wall [...]

]]> By: Oracle To Sun Customers (And IBM): “We’re In It To Win It” http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-3/#comment-2975824 Oracle To Sun Customers (And IBM): “We’re In It To Win It” Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:07:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2975824 [...] customers (and now rival IBM), stating its intentions with SPARC and Solaris even before the monster acquisition is even a done deal. It’s a full-page ad that appeared in the European edition of the Wall [...] [...] customers (and now rival IBM), stating its intentions with SPARC and Solaris even before the monster acquisition is even a done deal. It’s a full-page ad that appeared in the European edition of the Wall [...]

]]> By: Internet marketing | Bisnis internet http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-3/#comment-2801233 Internet marketing | Bisnis internet Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:47:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2801233 Tactics is very telling in determining the purchase. Thanks for share Tactics is very telling in determining the purchase. Thanks for share

]]> By: Seun Lawal http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-3/#comment-2717194 Seun Lawal Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:17:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2717194 Seems everyone is worried about mySQL, no one is worried about the future of JAVA. This will definitely affect JAVA in some way. I could be happy about JAVA slipping into the abyss with IBM than for the worse to happen to it with Oracle. Yet I hope this turns out good. Whew! Seems everyone is worried about mySQL, no one is worried about the future of JAVA. This will definitely affect JAVA in some way.
I could be happy about JAVA slipping into the abyss with IBM than for the worse to happen to it with Oracle.
Yet I hope this turns out good. Whew!

]]> By: 小隔間裡的人生 http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-3/#comment-2716578 小隔間裡的人生 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:39:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2716578 <strong>Oracle 購併 Sun...</strong> 一開始很震驚，不過後來想想其實也不太意外… 前不久才傳出 IBM 併購 Sun 破局，那時候我的想法是這兩家的合併應該是蠻有可看性的，兩家都是從硬體起家再做到軟體及服務業，旗下產..... Oracle 購併 Sun…

一開始很震驚，不過後來想想其實也不太意外…

前不久才傳出 IBM 併購 Sun 破局，那時候我的想法是這兩家的合併應該是蠻有可看性的，兩家都是從硬體起家再做到軟體及服務業，旗下產…..

]]> By: siki� http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2710617 siki� Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:29:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2710617 i am now in oracle working ;=) i am now in oracle working ;=)

]]> By: 甲骨文整合SUN诞生“企业版苹果” 市场格局难撼动 | TechFever Network | The Hot Tech News and Gadget Network http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2710274 甲骨文整合SUN诞生“企业版苹果” 市场格局难撼动 | TechFever Network | The Hot Tech News and Gadget Network Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:53:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2710274 [...] $7.4 Billion Oracle To Buy Sun For Approximately $7.4 Billion - Hold On To Your Hats [...] [...] $7.4 Billion Oracle To Buy Sun For Approximately $7.4 Billion – Hold On To Your Hats [...]

]]> By: MenKat Asamm - geodesy students » Future of Java http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2709708 MenKat Asamm - geodesy students » Future of Java Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:13:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2709708 [...] done. Oravle corporation bought Sun for unimaginable price. More info find on these Sun pages or on TechCrunch. I hope very much that most of Java language will remaind and will be still developed. The users [...] [...] done. Oravle corporation bought Sun for unimaginable price. More info find on these Sun pages or on TechCrunch. I hope very much that most of Java language will remaind and will be still developed. The users [...]

]]> By: live wire http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2709032 live wire Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:43:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2709032 whoa, how I wish i had was on the board for Sun... that's a lot of money. whoa, how I wish i had was on the board for Sun… that’s a lot of money.

]]> By: nottoworry http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-1/#comment-2708704 nottoworry Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:12:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2708704 The world isn't ending. There's a reason those opensource licenses are called what they are. You should read them once in a while. Monty knows the value of open source software - a billion bucks or more! So also many other rock star programmers. There are people and there are companies that cannot thrive without a free/cheap fast db of that quality. Jon's blog highlighted that throughout last 12-18 months. So Larry is not going to butcher his potential market - that's like shooing your customer away on day 1. He can't do that. He'll start slowly, after 3 months, maybe 6. By then, we'll already have either an official open source Oracle-sponsored branch or a community-driven database equally good or better. With more players in the market you might see better variety and innovation. Oracle will have to sorrow much if it does what it did to Peoplesoft. Larry is too wise (not cunning/intelligent, just wise) to butcher Oracle's image in this day and age. He can see the world has changed. He just needs to be in this race too - it's too big to miss. As for SUN, well, I don't really know what got into them to allow this despite the fact that they have always had even <b>engineers</b> who could do business better. Austerity looks very cool, but this is funny. Someday, I hope, we'll all know what actually went on behind the closed doors. It's not just two options - either Oracle burying SUN or SUN transforming Oracle from an open source point of view. I think what will happen is something in between - some money, some goodies, some deals and some freebies. Oh, by the way, you can't violate the GPL, thank the FSF for that. The world isn’t ending. There’s a reason those opensource licenses are called what they are. You should read them once in a while.
Monty knows the value of open source software – a billion bucks or more! So also many other rock star programmers. There are people and there are companies that cannot thrive without a free/cheap fast db of that quality. Jon’s blog highlighted that throughout last 12-18 months. So Larry is not going to butcher his potential market – that’s like shooing your customer away on day 1. He can’t do that. He’ll start slowly, after 3 months, maybe 6. By then, we’ll already have either an official open source Oracle-sponsored branch or a community-driven database equally good or better. With more players in the market you might see better variety and innovation.
Oracle will have to sorrow much if it does what it did to Peoplesoft. Larry is too wise (not cunning/intelligent, just wise) to butcher Oracle’s image in this day and age. He can see the world has changed. He just needs to be in this race too – it’s too big to miss.
As for SUN, well, I don’t really know what got into them to allow this despite the fact that they have always had even engineers who could do business better. Austerity looks very cool, but this is funny. Someday, I hope, we’ll all know what actually went on behind the closed doors.
It’s not just two options – either Oracle burying SUN or SUN transforming Oracle from an open source point of view. I think what will happen is something in between – some money, some goodies, some deals and some freebies. Oh, by the way, you can’t violate the GPL, thank the FSF for that.

]]> By: mysql sucks http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2708509 mysql sucks Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:05:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2708509 It'll be nice to have some adult supervision for mysql, the worst database money can't buy. It’ll be nice to have some adult supervision for mysql, the worst database money can’t buy.

]]> By: iseries http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2708439 iseries Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:11:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2708439 Oracle will not kill off MySQL.....but, dont expect to see any more major leaps in functionality. I think MySQL will become a support only product, and will not progress any further. It will stay as the number 1 db backend for websites, but I think everywhere else it will slowly disappear, and be replaced by OracleDB If Oracle get behind OpenOffice, then Microsoft will also be very worried. Also Sybase must be wetting themselves at this point, especially if Oracle start bundling OracleDB with Solaris. The big question is why the IBM deal didnt go through. This was a purchase that IBM had to make, if only to stop Oracle getting their hands on all this stuff. From that point of view this deal would have been a bargain for Oracle or IBM. The next 2 years are going to be very interesting! Oracle will not kill off MySQL…..but, dont expect to see any more major leaps in functionality. I think MySQL will become a support only product, and will not progress any further. It will stay as the number 1 db backend for websites, but I think everywhere else it will slowly disappear, and be replaced by OracleDB

If Oracle get behind OpenOffice, then Microsoft will also be very worried.

Also Sybase must be wetting themselves at this point, especially if Oracle start bundling OracleDB with Solaris.

The big question is why the IBM deal didnt go through. This was a purchase that IBM had to make, if only to stop Oracle getting their hands on all this stuff. From that point of view this deal would have been a bargain for Oracle or IBM.

The next 2 years are going to be very interesting!

]]> By: Oracle to buy Sun! - kBLOG http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2708322 Oracle to buy Sun! - kBLOG Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:47:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2708322 [...] Everyone heared about the new acquisition of oracle, this gonna be a big [...] [...] Everyone heared about the new acquisition of oracle, this gonna be a big [...]

]]> By: Gopi Nathan http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2708294 Gopi Nathan Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:34:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2708294 Sun was anyway so stupid to pay 1 billion for mySQL. That money should have been better used to market their own Java tools... Sun was anyway so stupid to pay 1 billion for mySQL. That money should have been better used to market their own Java tools…

]]> By: Linda http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2708146 Linda Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:20:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2708146 Intersting. Oracle is into Furniture Business i think. And Sun just wants to get out of Leather manufacturing. Intersting.
Oracle is into Furniture Business i think. And Sun just wants to get out of Leather manufacturing.

]]> By: Ingoratti http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2708145 Ingoratti Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:19:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2708145 Anyone knows what Sun does? Do they sell Coffee? And Oracle, is it a fruit company? Anyone knows what Sun does? Do they sell Coffee?

And Oracle, is it a fruit company?

]]> By: Ingoratti http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2708122 Ingoratti Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:03:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2708122 Please excuse my ignorance. What does Oracle do? Is it a fruit company? What does Sun do? And what is this thing called Java. Are they Coffee Makers and compete with StarBucks? MySQL - now what on earth is it? I dont care. Please excuse my ignorance.

What does Oracle do? Is it a fruit company?

What does Sun do? And what is this thing called Java. Are they Coffee Makers and compete with StarBucks?

MySQL – now what on earth is it? I dont care.

]]> By: David http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2708118 David Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:00:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2708118 Not Open Office... but StarOffice. Not Open Office… but StarOffice.

]]> By: Engago team http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2707991 Engago team Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:40:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2707991 When the world is turning to cloud computing (AWS with S3 and EC2), why buy a server company ("the network is the computer") as a software/data base company? Is java still so powerful seen the ever increasing number of Ruby on Rails applications (Twitter, 37 Signals, ...) Oracle has the policy of making you pay for any software. SUN had the policy of giving away free a lot of software. When the world is turning to cloud computing (AWS with S3 and EC2), why buy a server company (”the network is the computer”) as a software/data base company?

Is java still so powerful seen the ever increasing number of Ruby on Rails applications (Twitter, 37 Signals, …)

Oracle has the policy of making you pay for any software.
SUN had the policy of giving away free a lot of software.

]]> By: Oracle kauft Sun - und damit auch MySQL - OpenSource Blog / Open Source Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2707967 Oracle kauft Sun - und damit auch MySQL - OpenSource Blog / Open Source Blog Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:11:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2707967 [...] TechCrunch [...] [...] TechCrunch [...]

]]> By: Deborah Volk http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-2/#comment-2707756 Deborah Volk Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:24:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2707756 Noone is commenting on the massive overlap between Oracle and Sun identity management product portfolios? That'll be one area where things will get interesting for sure. Our take at http://tinyurl.com/cnjc6 (part 1 of 3) Noone is commenting on the massive overlap between Oracle and Sun identity management product portfolios? That’ll be one area where things will get interesting for sure. Our take at http://tinyurl.com/cnjc6 (part 1 of 3)

]]> By: Vengu http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-1/#comment-2707738 Vengu Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:07:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2707738 Only thoughtful comment in this post. Thanks! Only thoughtful comment in this post. Thanks!

]]> By: William Blanchard http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-hold-on-to-your-hats/comment-page-1/#comment-2707449 William Blanchard Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:10:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=57756#comment-2707449 BlogReader = Oracle or Sun Employee (possibly boss) Give your real credentials in your link and stop being a coward. BlogReader = Oracle or Sun Employee (possibly boss)

Give your real credentials in your link and stop being a coward.

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