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Oracle To Invest In Sun Hardware, Cut Sun Staff

Posted by timothy on from the taketh-with-one-hand dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's been much speculation as to what Oracle plans to do with Sun once the all-but-certain acquisition is complete. According to separate reports on InfoWorld, Oracle has disclosed plans to continue investing in Sun's multithreaded UltraSparc T family of processors, which are used in its Niagara servers, and the M series server family, based on the Sparc64 processors developed by Fujitsu. However, Larry Ellison has reportedly said that once the Sun acquisition is complete, Oracle will hire 2,000 new employees — more people than it expects to cut from the Sun workforce. Oracle will present its plans for Sun to the public Wednesday."

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  1. Re:All I know about that is... by QuantumRiff · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just how many blade servers do you have to buy to "make up the revenue" from one HPUX box?

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  2. Leave those stellar objects alone by (ana!)a · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't believe what's happening, first ax the moon, now cut the sun, not to mention this thing about mars' spirit being stuck. What the hell is going on with our solar system ?

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  3. Re:2000 new hires by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously, dude, I wouldn't want to hire any outdated support consultants from 1998. :P

  4. Investment Opportunity by twmcneil · · Score: 2, Funny

    Go short in where ever My Little Pony ends up next.

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  5. I don't know about this... by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 2, Funny

    Doesn't investing in SPARC processors, at this point, sound a bit ... RISC-y?

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