Anti-trust regulators not giving Oracle-Sun early clearance
According to Reuters, U.S. antitrust regulators aren’t giving early clearance on Oracle’s plan to buy Sun Microsystems, due to what Oracle lawyers are calling a narrow, technical matter. The article...
View ArticleOracle-Sun merger likely to take some time, thanks to regulators
Though Sun shareholders may give the thumbs-up to a merger with Oracle in a meeting today, users shouldn’t expect it to be complete for months, despite Oracle’s claims and hopes. Two weeks ago, Oracle...
View ArticleMore on the pending Oracle-Sun acquisition
Earlier this week I wrote about the pending Oracle-Sun acquisition, and how Sun Microsystems customers were getting pretty tired of being in limbo, waiting around while antitrust regulatory agencies...
View ArticleEuropean Commission approves Oracle acquisition of Sun
The European Commission has approved the Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems, representing the last hurdle the database giant had to jump before the deal was done. It has been nine months since...
View ArticleBig Oracle Sun event today
Starting at noon ET today, Oracle will kick off a five-hour event in California that will outline its plans for Sun Microsystems’ technology. Last week, Oracle received approval from the European...
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Ex-Sun developer, Illumos launches OpenSolaris derivative
Garrett D’Amore, a former Sun software engineer this week launched Illumos (Illumos = Illum + OS = “Light + OS”), an open source project to develop an OS based on the core OpenSolaris technologies. The...
View ArticleRIP OpenSolaris, says leaked Oracle memo
A memo that was ostensibly leaked to the Oracle Solaris engineering team pulls the rug out from OpenSolaris. “We will no longer distribute source code for the entirety of the Solaris operating system...
View ArticleHead to head video: Ellison gets cloud computing religion
In 2009, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison compared cloud computing hype to water vapor. One year later he’s on the cloud bandwagon, especially if you’re interested in creating your own private cloud with...
View ArticleHP executive moves infused with Oracle flavor
So, Leo Apotheker, former CEO of SAP will, as of November 1, be CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Intriguing. Apotheker was pushed out of SAP last February (Super Bowl Sunday in fact) when the board declined to...
View ArticleEllison continues to “advise” HP
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison can’t seem to stop himself from opining on Hewlett-Packard’s management moves. This time Ellison publicly derided HP’s hiring of Leo Apotheker, former SAP CEO, to take the top...
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