The Storage Architect » Solaris http://thestoragearchitect.com Storage, Virtualisation & Cloud Wed, 23 May 2012 22:20:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Enterprise Computing: Oracle to Buy Sun Microsystems http://thestoragearchitect.com/2009/04/20/enterprise-computing-oracle-to-buy-sun-microsystems/ http://thestoragearchitect.com/2009/04/20/enterprise-computing-oracle-to-buy-sun-microsystems/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:42:00 +0000 Chris M Evans http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=506 So all the debate about IBM buying Sun Microsystems has counted for nothing.  Oracle have stepped in and acquired the company for $9.50 a share in cash.  Here’s the press release.

Now I only saw the news a few minutes ago but already my mind is racing.  Firstly, Oracle doesn’t strike [...] ]]> So all the debate about IBM buying Sun Microsystems has counted for nothing.  Oracle have stepped in and acquired the company for $9.50 a share in cash.  Here’s the press release.

Now I only saw the news a few minutes ago but already my mind is racing.  Firstly, Oracle doesn’t strike me as a company that gives things away for free.  I don’t see how their strategy would stack up against Sun’s free+support model.  Perhaps OpenSolaris will cease to exist.  What about MySQL?  My first thought is be that Oracle would simply kill it, but that would reduce future opportunities from potentially lucrative customers who use it today.

What about the storage business? Would Oracle roll Pillar into the Oracle/Sun/StorageTek storage fold?  Interesting times indeed.  

Looks like Larry is making his very own bid for the datacentre.

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