Oracle Agrees to Acquire Sun

[Platypus]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124022726514434703.html

I wonder what that means for Sun's hardware

[minestrone]

Thanks God it was not IBM that got them, Oracle probably want them for mySQL, don't think I will ever see a solaris box again in my life.

[martch]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124022726514434703.html

I wonder what that means for Sun's hardware

Not just that, but MySQL and Solaris as well - Oracle could start pushing their Linux over Solaris, and OpenSolaris looks doomed. Might have to start brushing up my AIX and HPUX...

[Platypus]

Why would Oracle want mySQL ? I recall they have a database offering of their own

But they do want Java.

I wonder if they're serious about becoming a hardware player.

Why do you think it would have been bad if IBM got them? I think IBM would have ported Solaris to their own architecture, giving SUN users the opportunity to get at some decent hardware for once

[darmstadt]

Why do you think it would have been bad if IBM got them? I think IBM would have ported Solaris to their own architecture, giving SUN users the opportunity to get at some decent hardware for once

OpenSolaris has been ported to their hardware, zSeries only though. Does this mean that Sun software is now going to cost an extortionate amount of money, much like most of Oracle's stuff already does?

[MrMark]

Why would Oracle want mySQL ? I recall they have a database offering of their own

But they do want Java.

I wonder if they're serious about becoming a hardware player.

Why do you think it would have been bad if IBM got them? I think IBM would have ported Solaris to their own architecture, giving SUN users the opportunity to get at some decent hardware for once

So far as I'm aware, Oracle already own Innodb (which is the transaction-based engine for Mysql). Perhaps they just want the full set?

Yep - link here

[Incognito]

Bit out in the wild here, but Cisco have just gotten into the hardware game. Might be looking for some tin.

[minestrone]

Why would Oracle want mySQL ? I recall they have a database offering of their own

But they do want Java.

I wonder if they're serious about becoming a hardware player.

Why do you think it would have been bad if IBM got them? I think IBM would have ported Solaris to their own architecture, giving SUN users the opportunity to get at some decent hardware for once

Massive amounts of support revenue could be gained from mySQL, I'm going to make a guess that about 95% of databases in the world are mySQL.

Most of the big hitters are buying up open source products to be placed as a 'diet' product.

Java will never make a penny, I vote on the JCP, Java has pretty much been out sourced to the community.

[LazyFan]

Massive amounts of support revenue could be gained from mySQL, I'm going to make a guess that about 95% of databases in the world are mySQL.

Most of the big hitters are buying up open source products to be placed as a 'diet' product.

Java will never make a penny, I vote on the JCP, Java has pretty much been out sourced to the community.

Apart from the £200 million they annuonced as making off JAVA directly in last years earnings report. As you know they make money off JVM licenses and the various other indirect ways to make money off JAVA. Sure thats small fry in the big corp world, but to say JAVA does not make money is just not true.

Lets bury that old urban myth that JAVA makes no money. It makes enough money to fund itself.

[minestrone]

Apart from the £200 million they annuonced as making off JAVA directly in last years earnings report. As you know they make money off JVM licenses and the various other indirect ways to make money off JAVA. Sure thats small fry in the big corp world, but to say JAVA does not make money is just not true.

Lets bury that old urban myth that JAVA makes no money. It makes enough money to fund itself.

I think we have to ask for a point of evidence on that.