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IBM Corp. is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc

  • 18-03-2009 06:27PM
    #1
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭


    Felt this should go here as the two companies are strong supporters of open-source

    Full Article
    And another here


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  • #2
    nuttz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 453 ✭✭nuttz


    Now we know Oracle are buying out Sun, is this going to be better for Java than IBM could have been?


  • #3
    croo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 1,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭croo


    At least it is GPL now ... hopefully the two giants will keep each other in check. And who knows if oracle fire thousands of sun engineers they may become the foundation of a real community based java.


  • #4
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    What What Oracle sees in Sun
    Buying Sun gives Oracle access to popular software it can wield against its competitors. In addition to Java, Oracle gains Solaris, widely used in industries including telecom and finance. Oracle also picks up the MySQL database, which is available free under an open-source licensing arrangement, and could help Oracle check sales of Microsoft's SQL Server database to smaller companies.


  • #5
    dueyfinster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭dueyfinster


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    and could help Oracle check sales of Microsoft's SQL Server database to smaller companies.

    Sounds all good to me!


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