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SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisition

SEC filing: Sun shareholders sue to block Oracle acquisitionI feel M$ hand hereI'm sure that these disgruntled share holders as well as the investigation using the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act are in fact M$ sleeper agents going into action.M$ has most to lose from this deal.RE: SEC filing: Sun...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial accounting, Operating systems, Investment, Oracle Corp., shareholder, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun shareholder, Oracle acquisition, SEC filing, Microsoft Corp., acquisition, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect sense

Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect senseYou said ..."Open source, too, may take a hit, as I don?t expect Unbreakable Linux to remain Oracle?s point on the OS arrow. Solaris will be the prime OS, meaning Oracle?s channel pipeline to Red Hat will shrink."As one WHO has a TON...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Linux, Corporate law, Sun Solaris, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., Oracle acquisition, Hooray, acquisition, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

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EU showdown over Oracle-Sun; Objections seem imminent

Oracle is reportedly gearing up for a formal rejection by European regulators of its bid to acquire Sun Microsystems, according to a report in the Financial Times. An official statement of objection, the first step in blocking the $7.4 billion deal, could come as early as this week - but...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Regulations, Open Source, Databases, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy

Oh my, must not up set the crazy EU.Pfttt....A small question why EU can stop or affect a deal inside usa ..... or is the deal is global ....Also we EU dont fork MYSQL into something purely EU ... and tell Oracle to go to hell. If the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy

Oracle is taking a hard line in dealing with EU objections to its planned acquisition of Sun, according to a Financial Times report on Tuesday. Oracle is taking a hard line in dealing with EU objections to its planned acquisition of Sun, according to a Financial Times report on...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., European Union, Corporate Law, Regulations, Open Source, Databases, Business Operations, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Oracle, Sun, EU, merger, Stephen Shankland CNET News

News items 2009-11-04

News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with...

Tags: Tom Foremski, Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, ScanSafe, Mary Jo Foley, Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Internet, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-28

MSFT versus GOOG - there's a big gap

Countering Google[i]At the current rate of Google?s revenue growth, 7 per cent, it would take it more than 3 years to reach Microsoft?s current quarterly revenue.[/i]The above is true if you assume MS will have no growth over the next 3 years. I don't think that will be the case....

Tags: Web browsers, Operational accounting, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Stallman admits GPL flawed, proprietary licensing needed to pay for MySQL development

Richard Stallman and others are trying to block Oracle's acquisition of MySQL. Why? Because MySQL is covered by the GNU Public License GPL, and the purchase has exposed a flaw in the GPL that Stallman says will cause a "major setback" to the development of the free database if the...

Tags: GPL, Acquisition, MySQL, Richard Stallman, Stallman, Mergers & Acquisitions, Open Source, Corporate Law, Databases, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Sun cuts 3,000 jobs as Oracle takeover twists in regulator limbo

Oracle hasn't completed its Sun Microsystems acquisition yet, but the restructuring is already underway. In a regulatory filing, Sun said Tuesday that it will lay off 3,000 workers across the globe. The company added that it had to restructure as it waits for Oracle's purchase of the...

Tags: Job, Regulator, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Restructuring, Company, Strategic Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Regulations, Strategy, Management, Investment, Finance, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Art of the software deal can get messy

Software buyers and vendors are increasingly butting heads amid a budget squeeze and increasingly aggressive sales tactics, according to Gartner. In a series of presentations at the Gartner IT Symposium in Orlando, analysts walked buyers through a few negotiating tactics with the likes of SAP, Microsoft, Oracle,...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Gartner Inc., Customer, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Negotiation, Software Audit, Software-as-a-service Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Linux, Free Trade, Sales Strategy, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Oracle's big plan: Double revenue in five years

Oracle capped off its OpenWorld conference with a powwow with analysts where management was described as extremely confident about the company's prospects. Although I'm not sure you could ever describe Oracle management as timid---does Larry Ellison allow that?---analyst notes seem to portray executives as exceedingly confident. Judging...

Tags: Revenue, Oracle Corp., Ross MacMillan, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick users' data

I lost my contacts for a few days. Give me ONE HUNRED BILLION DOLLARS!!!Says with pinky raised to mouth.RE: Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick users' dataI don't feel sorry for anyone who owns a Sidekick and lost their data. It is moronic to purchase a device that...

Tags: Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM Technology Rears an Actual Head

I am almost always in awe of Oracle OpenWorld.  The scope of this conference is spectacular. Can you imagine an event that the attendance is down to 37,000 attendees?  Actually, that puts me in awe of their event planners more than even the event. How in the name of whoever...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., CRM, Anthony Lye, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-14

The original open source niche remains just that

the niche is expandingWhile M$ if on the ropes firing its employees, FOSS companies are hiring and getting infusions of capital from forward looking investors.Nopethe money is not there, and never will be.Yeah, and they are hiring and expandingJust look at the stewards of some of the most "successful" open...

Tags: open source, F/OSS, Sun Microsystems Inc., OH WAIT

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

What we may/may not hear @ Oracle Open World this week

Watch for movement on these matters Last night, Oracle’s annual mega event, Oracle Open World, opened. This event draws some 37,000 people to San Francisco to hear, see and speak all things Oracle. With the keynotes starting in mere minutes, I thought I’d offer up my thoughts...

Tags: Probability, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Open World, Software As A Service (SaaS), Databases, Managed Hosting, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Yahoo pays its 'technical debt' with IT overhaul

Yahoo had a lot of "technical debt"---systems that most companies would call legacy infrastructure---and has it just about paid off. Sam Pullara, chief technologist at Yahoo, walked developers through its infrastructure changes over the last three years. The talk could have come from any enterprise that finds...

Tags: Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Sam Pullara, HBase, YQL, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Open Source, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Churchill Club audio: Larry Ellison, in Conversation with Ed Zander

At a Churchhill Club event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talked to former Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander about Oracle’s recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Ellison covered a wide range of topics ranging from the economy to IBM and IT demand. Here's the full audio. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Audio, Ed Zander, Larry Ellison, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

At a Churchhill Club event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talked to former Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander about Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. He said he’d like to pattern the new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM, combining both hardware and software systems. Ellison said that...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Larry Ellison, IBM Corp., Ellison, Tools & Techniques, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Management, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

At a Churchhill Club event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to former Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander about Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. He says he'd like to pattern the new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM, combining both hardware and software systems.

Tags: Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Ellison, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tools & Techniques, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Management, Business Operations, IBM, Oracle Sun

Videos 2009-09-23

Dell and Perot: What this means

Look at more than the upside to any acquisition Dell and Perot are getting married. This acquisition puts approximately 23,000 Perot services employees in with Dell. (see Larry Dignan's detailed post on the transaction ) (here's an InfoWorld post, too) From the macro view,...

Tags: Acquisition, Dell Computer Corp., Perot, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-21