Comments on: Our Full Analysis of the $7.4B Oracle-Sun Deal http://gigaom.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/ Thu, 23 May 2013 13:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Prasad http://gigaom.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168081 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:02:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168081 a bigbang gonna happen in IT…..
i can see brightest future of JAVA…..

]]> By: Alex http://gigaom.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168080 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:01:16 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168080 software compnay is becoming a hardware company ( add operational cost )

Can oracle feed Sun ?

Oracle shareholders will decide

]]> By: Michael http://gigaom.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168079 Sun, 10 May 2009 12:13:42 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168079 Could you please give us your take on the possible impact to MySQL and OpenOffice as I note with interest you are likely the only qualified participant in this forum ?
Any “clues” would be received with the greatest of interest.

Thanks.

]]> By: Michael http://gigaom.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168078 Sun, 10 May 2009 12:07:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168078 Why would you not put it on MySQL?

]]> By: Michael http://gigaom.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168077 Sun, 10 May 2009 11:42:06 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168077 Very interesting perspectives.

]]> By: me http://gigaom.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168076 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:38:33 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168076 what does OM stand for wow

]]> By: Gajju http://gigaom.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168075 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:44:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168075 Well, I think you apprehensions could be grossly misplaced. Experts would say that Oracle has already proved itself in the M&A domain, and this has been THE most important part for its growth strategy. In the last 4 years, it has bought nearly 50 companies, spending around $40 bn (including Sun). Although, many of these companies were small in size, they had focused and successful products. Then there were big acquisitions like PeopleSoft (along came JD Edw), Siebel, Heyperion, RETEK, BEA, I-flex, etc. The result? Oracle is already 3 times of what it used to be 4 years back, please wait for some more time, with Sun, it would grow even more.

If the other companies (like Lucent, as mentioned by you) have failed, it does not mean Oracle would follow suit. I wonder if you really have their shares :), it has the buy tag for a long time and even as most of the rivals are running half of their prices, Oracle’s shares are not doing that bad.

]]> By: solexy http://gigaom.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168074 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:44:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168074 really, now on site mysql logo have 2 part mysql and sun

]]> By: Aaron from NJ http://gigaom.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168073 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:19:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168073 Oracle is going to support MySQL. There are 2 key drivers.

1) they own the database engine that MySQL uses & see the core install base of MySQL of millions of databases as a core customer base to be harvested as 10% of those will need a Oracle DB sometime in the future.

2) MySQL gives Oracle a real MS Access like database & entry level SQL Server “like” that Oracle standard edition has never become in 15 years of pushing Oracle Personal edition to basic Oracle database

I think the open source model is going to change as Oracle buys open source tool vendors and creates its own enterprise stack & open source stack. This is key in attacking the Microsoft space. Oracle goes after Microsoft with OpenSource & IBM with its Oracle Enterprise Stack. It will take 5-10 more mergers for them to pull this off but it makes sense.

The key is OpenSource system management is weak as a stack play and Oracle can sell OEM & their future system mgmt. stack as a way to manage OpenSource. It gives them a way to sell 10-50k licenses of OEM for OpenSource over the next 5 years to Opensource buyers.

]]> By: Lorne Cooper http://gigaom.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168072 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:48:29 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/oracle-to-buy-sun-for-74-billion/#comment-168072 I can imagine them putting an Oracle backend on MySQL and trying to move the MySQL companies to their “accelerator”. MySQL has always been more about “free as in beer”, than “free as in freedom”.

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