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Explaining Oracle's Sun Takeover — "For the Hardware"

Posted by timothy on from the well-and-the-awesome-logo dept.

blackbearnh writes "Brian Aker, former Sun MySQL guy, and current proponent of the Drizzle MySQL fork, gave O'Reilly Radar an update on where MySQL is at the moment. During the interview, he was asked to speculate on Oracle's original motives for acquiring Sun. 'IBM has been moving their pSeries systems into datacenter after datacenter, replacing Sun-based hardware. I believe that Oracle saw this and asked themselves, "What is the next thing that IBM is going to do?" That's easy. IBM is going to start pushing DB2 and the rest of their software stack into those environments. Now whether or not they'll be successful, I don't know. I suspect once Oracle reflected on their own need for hardware to scale up on, they saw a need to dive into the hardware business. I'm betting that they looked at Apple's margins on hardware, and saw potential in doing the same with Sun's hardware business. I'm sure everything else Sun owned looked nice and scrumptious, but Oracle bought Sun for the hardware.'"

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  1. And here I thought they did it for by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The nookie.

  2. Damn you slashdot by Anarki2004 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:Damn you slashdot by sconeu · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I've been getting a lot of those, too.

      Wonder if it's related to this?

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    2. Re:Damn you slashdot by sconeu · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Oh, the page looks like this:

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      WTF is "Varnish", and why does a Slashdot 503 link to it?

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  3. judge suggests citizens carry guns by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yikes almighty. the scariest part is that it is likely sound advice. at least the economy is back to good (according to... blah, blah, blah, or is that the mainstream media(haha))?

    usually post the link but it was several 100 characters long.

    'Amid cuts, Ohio judge tells citizens to carry guns
    By THOMAS J. SHEERAN, Associated Press Writer Thomas J. Sheeran, Associated Press Writer Fri Apr 9, 5:34 pm ET

    CLEVELAND – One judge's solution for citizens feeling less secure because of budget cuts in an Ohio county: Carry a gun.

    Judge Alfred Mackey of Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court advised residents Friday to be vigilant and arm themselves because the number of deputies has been cut about in half because of a tight budget. He also urged neighbors to organize anti-crime block watch groups.

    "They have to be law-abiding, and if they are not familiar with firearms they need to take a safety course so they are not a threat to their family and friends and themselves," Mackey said Friday.'--

    never a better time to consult with/trust in your creators, armed to the teeth with newclear powered ability to allow comfort/hope in the face of doom.

  4. Nice Signature by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why do you support a white supremacist political party? The articles on this organization's web site are written by well known racists and anti-Semites. For example, this article was written by a racist who believes in a Jewish conspiracy to enhance their genes through selective breeding.

    1. Re:Nice Signature by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Please cite a quote from Dr. MacDonald where he states there is "a Jewish conspiracy to enhance their genes through selective breeding". That's right: you can't.

      I love it when the opposition lies in order to claim moral righteousness.

      Mazel tov!

    2. Re:Nice Signature by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Where do you see that they're white supremacists? They aren't supremacists, they're white nationalists. You don't have a problem with ethnically-based nations, like, say, Israel, do you? So why are ethnically based nations alright for Jews, and not for whites?

  5. Re:Oracle might have already lost by wmac · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You proved my point being a rude and impolite person. The words you refer to me are MOST LIKELY describe yourself better than me.

    Besides, you have eye sight problem. Otherwise the word "likely" means the same as those words you mentioned.