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JCAPS and Sun’s acquisition by Oracle

Yesterday, Oracle announced the acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

This has impact on several IT markets. Is there future for MySQL? Will Oracle invest in hardware development? And what about Java and Solaris?

Some preliminary statements provide hints about Oracle’s plans.

Larry Ellison said Java and Solaris were the two main reasons Oracle purchased Sun.

About hardware, Ellison said Oracle will combine best-in-class enterprise software and mission-critical computing systems.

Oracle executives didn´t talk anything about MySQL. What does it mean?

I read just one comment about JCAPS in the context of this acquisition. The “Student Developer Latest Blogs” asks “what will happen to the redundant products of Oracle and Sun (JCAPS and Oracle Fusion Middleware)”.

There are no comments from analysts or Oracle executives about JCAPS.

Gartner puts SUN in “Visionaire Quadrant” for “Application Infrastructure for SOA Composite Application Projects” and says “Sun has multiple large customers with enterprisewide commitment to Java Composite Application Platform Suite (JCAPS) products”.

However Oracle has Fusion and all the BEA products to integrate. I really don´t believe Oracle has plans for JCAPS.