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Oracle says deal will be approved  Oracle says deal will be approved without any restrictions. Expects to close deal by January 2010. 15 cent discount to deal price says the market believes this story also. Frank - Dec 18, 9:56 am - 1 new of 1 message     Sun Microsystems, Inc.

ORCL may say something after the bell  ORCL may say something about the Sun acquisition when they announce their earnings after the bell. Based on where JAVA is trading now, I'd say the deal closes in less than 4 weeks. Frank - Dec 17, 2:45 pm - 1 new of 1 message     Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Ummm...cantor you don't get the inside story  Sun owns mysql, oracle offers some competition to msft. I'd be afraid if oracle doesn't get SUN. Don't you see that msft is going to control everything if we don't get some competition in the market. I'll be msft is behind the objection in the first place. Maybe you're not old enough to remember when the US gov tried to stop msft from getting a... more » Terry - Dec 14, 11:38 pm - 4 new of 4 messages     Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Definitely A Monopoly, I am sorry to say  Typo MySql is an ***awesome*** product. Cantormath - Dec 14, 4:46 pm - 5 new of 5 messages     Sun Microsystems, Inc.

EC talks went well  A news story on the Google Finance page for ORCL indicated that the talks with the EC regulators went well. This is why JAVA popped today as did ORCL. Frank - Dec 14, 11:19 am - 1 new of 1 message     Sun Microsystems, Inc.

EC hearing  ORCL is making its case to the EC regulators. It appears they are stressing that the objection to ORCL owning MySQL has no basis in European law and that some of the comments misrepresent the actual state of the database market. I think ORCL could use MySQL to take some business away from Microsoft's SQL server. SAP's objections are... more » Frank - Dec 11, 11:01 am - 1 new of 1 message     Sun Microsystems, Inc.

NY prof opines  A prominent NY professor has opined that the EC concern over open source database MySQL is at least partially flawed. These concerns are being pushed by the head of German software vendor SAP. The EC regulators are probably dragging their feet because they don't want to make a decision. Frank - Dec 4, 3:12 pm - 3 new of 3 messages     Sun Microsystems, Inc.

SO whqat so we think folks, Will Brussels sprout??  that's a pun... a punny yolk Terry - Nov 25, 6:33 pm - 2 new of 2 messages     Sun Microsystems, Inc.

IBM, Oracle, Java and the future  IBM would only buy low sell high, like any savy business. If Oracle....when Oracle ...finishes the deal, and moves on , IBM will be kicking itself. Just like when cloud computing Open Source and the RED Hat types take over the IT world, IBM and others will be eating their dust. The IBM model of "we get it all", "we own it all", is a thing... more » Terry - Nov 15, 10:22 pm - 1 new of 1 message     Sun Microsystems, Inc.

with the EC troubles, why is  Java going up a little each day? Is it trying to get back to the buyout price?? Or is it going to keep going up after that Terry - Nov 12, 11:58 pm - 7 new of 7 messages     Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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