Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 20th Apr 2009 11:53 UTC, submitted by tsedlmeyer
We've been debating the merits of a possible IBM-Sun deal for a while now, and even Sun itself seemed to be in the dark as to if it would be a good idea to be bought by IBM. These debates are now all moot: in a surprise move (at least, I didn't see any speculation about it) Oracle has bought Sun Microsystems, at USD 9.50 a share, which equates to a total of 7.4 billion USD. The news got out through a press release.
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This could probably mean that Oracle will go after Microsoft?
I really hope Oracle integrates its products with Sun's, and deliver a seamless experience that will enable them to challenge Microsoft in the enterprise market.
One thing the IT in my workplace love about going all Microsoft, is that all things work together.
What will happen to Sun's (wasteful) open source effort?
I liked how a lot of Sun's product were FOSS. Will Oracle keep them as is, spin them off?