Monday, April 20, 2009

Oracle Agrees to Acquire Sun Microsystems - WSJ.com

Hah – definitely a game-changer

Oracle Corp. will buy Sun Microsystems Inc. for $5.6 billion excluding cash and debt, calling Sun's Java "the most important software" it has ever acquired.

Earlier this month, Sun's talks to sell itself to International Business Machines Corp. unraveled, raising new questions about the prospects for the company and Chief Executive Jonathan Schwartz, who has been under pressure to come up with an alternative for the struggling computer maker.

Oracle Agrees to Acquire Sun Microsystems - WSJ.com

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