Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

What If Oracle Bought Sun Microsystems?

Posted by timothy on from the ask-the-oracle dept.

snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister believes Oracle is next in line to make a play for Sun now that IBM has withdrawn its offer. Dismissing server market arguments in favor of Cisco or Dell as suitors, McAllister suggests that MySQL, ZFS, DTrace, and Java make Sun an even better asset to Oracle than to IBM. MySQL as a complement to Oracle's existing database business would make sense, given Oracle's 2005 purchase of Innobase, and with 'the long history of Oracle databases on Solaris servers, it might actually see owning Solaris as an asset,' McAllister writes. But the 'crown jewel' of the deal would be Java. 'It's almost impossible to overestimate the importance of Java to Oracle. Java has become the backbone of Oracle's middleware strategy,' McAllister contends."

7 of 237 comments (clear)

  1. Yahoo! + Sun by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I say Yahoo and sun should merge. Just think about it, 1. Yahoo makes some cool cloud offerings, 2.sun builds the cloud. 3. ?????? 4. Profits

  2. Everytime I see this phrase... by mooingyak · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's almost impossible to overestimate the importance of Java to Oracle

    Java will help Oracle colonize the entire solar system.

    --
    William of Ockham had no beard. The most likely explanation is that it was chewed off by squirrels every morning.
    1. Re:Everytime I see this phrase... by GPLDAN · · Score: 3, Funny

      You get to landing on Titan, only to find out you have the wrong JRE installed.

      Picture of spaceship crater, with caption: FAIL

  3. Re:Strange Database Merge... by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oracle vs. Access

    So, what's next on your fight card? Space Marines vs. Pee-Wee Herman? Guillermo Jones vs. 6-year-old Timmy from down the block?

  4. Re:My Thoughts by ZachPruckowski · · Score: 2, Funny

    * Warning: Corporate buzzword!

    GAAH!! Put the warning (or at least the asterisk) before the word! It's well documented that overexposure to corporate buzzwords causes headaches, confusion, and eventually IQ loss.

  5. Re:Am I the only one? by goltzc · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find your ideas intriguing and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

    --
    Our bugs are smarter than your test scripts.
  6. Re:Makes sense by spartacus_prime · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you gay?
    Are you a fish?
    Are you a gay fish?
    If so, then the Gay Fish Association of America may be the right place for you!

    --
    If you can read this, it means that I bothered to log in.