OpenWorld to shed light on Oracle's Java plans
Application development will figure prominently at the conference as Oracle steps closer to acquiring Sun.
What to Expect at Oracle OpenWorld
Oracle's annual Kool-Aid-Fest will have some foxes in the hen house and many recession-weary customers. Can Larry Ellison possibly top his recent rant on cloud computing? Will there be more answers than questions on the Fusion Apps Suite?
Oracle's Fusion app suite may not ship until 2010
Oracle may not deliver the first suite of its long-awaited Fusion Applications until 2010, according to Steve Miranda, senior vice president of Fusion application development.
Rozwat talks about cloud, but holds back on Fusion
Chuck Rozwat, Oracle's head of product development, largely deflected questions about hotly anticipated technologies such as Fusion Applications during a Q&A session with reporters at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, but did reveal more details of the vendor's plans around cloud computing.
Oracle mum on 11g Release 2, 11g Express Edition
Oracle has filled the schedule of its OpenWorld conference with sessions hyping the various features in its 11g database, which was launched in July 2007. But the company doesn't plan to deliver new details of the anticipated 11g Release 2 (R2), or a ship date for 11g Express Edition (XE), the free version popular among developers.
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What to Expect at Oracle OpenWorld
OpenWorld to shed light on Oracle's Java plans
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