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Slow Oracle Merger Leads To Outflow of Sun Projects, Coders
An anonymous reader writes "Sun Microsystems might have had a chance if the Oracle merger had gone through quickly, but between the DoJ taking its time and the European Commission, which seems to get off on abusing American firms, just plain dragging its feet, that won't happen now. As Sun twists in the wind, unable to defend itself, and Oracle is unable to do anything until the deal closes, IBM is pretty much tearing Sun to shreds. By the time this deal closes, there won't be much left for Oracle. This is not how a Silicon Valley legend should end."
how about that the fines levied against American companies are extortionist?
$1.5B against Intel for something that wasn't even illegal at the time it was done? Without looking at evidence presented by the defense?
Dragging feet on mergers like this, but having little issue when a EU firm is acquiring tech from an American company (Intel's sell-off of flash to SST, an Italian company).
I could dig more, but at this point it's not worth it as I've already been flagged troll...
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By, look at where we are now, you mean making MS include an absolutely retarded browser choosing screen? It's not an anti-competitive to include a browser in your OS it's practically a requirement. Now go off and fine Canonical for including Firefox and Apple for including Safari.