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Oracle’s current legal troubles extend beyond Oracle vs. SAP trial

Oracle is currently going head to head with SAP in the courtroom over its competitor's alleged intellectual property theft.  And while the high-profile case may be nearing a long-awaited...

Rumors swirl around Oracle and EMC

While in many ways we are still waiting to see how the Sun acquisition will change Oracle - for example,

Should Oracle thank Micron instead of suing them?

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Is the Oracle-Sun acquisition on the verge of failing?

The last person who would want to hear ‘Sun acquisition' and ‘fail' in the same sentence is Larry Ellison.  But if revelations continue to emerge about the possibility of the Sun merger not being the success Ellison had planned for, it may be hard for him to avoid. Larry is no newcomer to...

Oracle’s Ellison lays into former Sun CEO Schwartz, and other nuggets

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Oracle execs heat up Java discussion

We recently took a look at some recent Oracle developments on the MySQL front, but what about Java? The number one programming language is not being ignored. Oracle executives - and the Father of Java himself, James...

Is it time to stop worrying about MySQL?

March 10, 2010  4:37 PM

Sun’s Simon Phipps bids Oracle adieu

Posted by: Ed Scannell
open source, Oracle acquisitions, Sun Microsystems

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January 21, 2010  6:01 PM

Oracle gets the green light from the EC to acquire Sun

Posted by: Ed Scannell
European Commission, MySQL, Oracle-Sun deal, Sun Microsystems

After over three months of investigation the European Commission (EC) has officially approved Oracle's $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems which could see the combined company significantly change the competitive landscape of the IT industry. "I am now satisfied that competition and...

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December 2, 2009  4:21 PM

Life in the three-company IT world may get crowded

Posted by: Ed Scannell
Dell, European Commission, Hewlett-Packard, Larry Ellison, Microsoft, MySQL, Oracle, Sun Microsystems

This past March I wrote a blog inspired by some bold remarks Oracle chairman Larry Ellison made a while ago, predicting there eventually would be only three legitimate competitors left in the IT world. Oracle, of course, was going to...

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