Ellison: We won't spin off MySQL
Oracle CEO urges approval of Sun acquisition, says Oracle's database does not compete with MySQL.
Oracle-Sun deal: VARs Positive
Some early reports are coming in that VARs are on board with the Oracle-Sun deal. to date though, neither Sun nor Oracle has said much of anything about how the deal will affect the sales channel, but it seems to be welcome.
Oracle's Sun acquisition is a game-changer
I can't say that it was totally unexpected, but it did happen rather suddenly. The deal between IBM and Sun collapsed, and Oracle wasted no time in swooping in to pick up the pieces with a deal to acquire Sun for $9.50 a share, or about $7.4 billion. What is surprising is that the deal is really not that much more than what IBM was offering.
Clients focused on products, not rumors, Sun exec says
A Sun executive said customers are more focused on solving their IT problems than on acquisition rumors.
Doesn't anyone want to buy Sun?
The talks between IBM and Sun Microsystems have broken down, and it looks like the $7 billion acquisition of Sun by IBM isn't going to happen. According to today's Wall Street Journal, Sun rejected the offer over the weekend, and terminated Sun's agreement to negotiate exclusively with IBM.
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Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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