Oracle to buy JBoss (and others)

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 10, 2006 @05:05AM from the offset-by-the-layoffs-i'm-sure dept.

tfritsch writes "According to a story at News.com it looks like Oracle's shopping spree is to continue. The JBoss acquisition could be big - what does it mean for the future of the JBoss Application Server?" From the article: "Oracle makes the majority of its revenue from its database and applications business. And it has its own line of Java middleware, which competes with JBoss' software, and a set of Java developer tools. However, Oracle has been warming up to open-source products, including Zend's PHP development tools, over the past year because its corporate customers are increasingly using open source software, according to company executives. "

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Re:Wow by tgd · 2006-02-10 05:22 · Score: 5, Funny

A least that means lots of people who can contribute to JBoss now, in their free time.
And as we jump ship from JBoss... by bunyip · 2006-02-10 05:40 · Score: 4, Funny

we'll all be yelling "Geronimo.....!!!!!"

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Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · 2006-02-10 05:56 · Score: 4, Funny

I hope I don't get laid off. I work for JBoss in their Astroturfing Dept.