Larry Gets What Larry Wants: Sun Now Oracle

Its all over folks. Oracle buys Sun, EU approved.

There will be a Oracle + Sun Strategy Update Webcast on Wed the 27th, so make sure to tune in for that. The invite was sent out yesterday, so looks like Oracle got early notice.

26 Responses to “Larry Gets What Larry Wants: Sun Now Oracle”

  1. Fazal Majid says:

    January 27th? The same day as the Apple event? Are they deliberately trying to bury news or what?

  2. jellydonuts says:

    I suppose anyone interested in some artsy tablet are the kind of people who wear their sister’s jeans and wouldn’t be interested in the slightest if you mentioned a database company buying an enterprise software/hardware company.

  3. disserman says:

    don’t know congratulate or not but at least the uncertainty is finally over

  4. shmerl says:

    I second disserman on that. Let’s wait and see what Oracle will say about OpenSolaris and other open source related subjects which were brewing in Sun prior to the merge. Like for example open sourcing Sun’s C/C++ compiler and SunStudio etc.

  5. elmegil says:

    The 27th was the EU deadline anyway, not surprised that they’d have it then (though a little surprised that it’s not sooner otherwise).

    The other thing that is a little worrisome is the potential for the ex-MySQL guy to sue, or to muck up the arrangements in Russia or China.

    While I’m not ecstatic about Oracle (understatement!) at least it’s a step toward closure

  6. tka says:

    FUCK YOU JONATHAN SCHWARTZ

    that is all. i’ll try to let go and hope for the best.

  7. shmerl says:

    > The other thing that is a little worrisome is the potential for the
    > ex-MySQL guy to sue, or to muck up the arrangements in Russia or
    > China.

    Isn’t it strange for someone to do it in countries where there are lot’s of problems with human rights protection? IMHO it says something about true intentions of such activities.

  8. Rainer says:

    The webcast takes five (!) hours.
    I thought manager like it brief.
    Of course, it shows that SUN may have been just a bit too diversified…

  9. Dave says:

    Meanwhile, Schwartz continues to show his true colours:

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/22/sun_schwartz_signoff/

    The best thing this character could have done after nine months in the wilderness is keep his gob SHUT.

  10. The Contrarian says:

    Accurate as ever I see – you’re continuing your reputation as the Fox News of tech blogging with your half-understanding of things.

    While it’s a landmark, it’s not over yet. Oracle and Sun are not the same company, and won’t be until the thing “closes”. And that’s not likely to happen until China gives a green light unless Oracle wants to follow Google’s lead and piss off China.

  11. tamr says:

    “Oracle announced Wednesday it completed its acquisition of Sun Microsystems ”
    http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000019-264.html

    Kinda seems closed to me. But I don’t watch FOX news, so I don’t know how their version of news would compare with reality.

  12. Dave says:

    I’d like to take back what I said about Jonathan Schwartz above – judging by his latest (and final) entry on BSC looks like he’s not been allowed to talk over the intervening months.

  13. Jim Klimov says:

    I went to “www.sun.com” today, and it redirected me to Oracle site.
    VirtualBox forums are now “sponsored by Oracle” in their lower banners.
    Wheels are turning…

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