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After a Lull, Sun Server Business Grows Under Oracle

Posted by timothy on from the was-it-foretold? dept.

itwbennett writes "For the first time since the 3rd quarter of 2007, IDC is reporting an increase in sales of Sun hardware. Oracle logged $773 million in server sales during the quarter, up from $681 million the year before, according to IDC's estimates."

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  1. Double the Price, Half the Servers? by BBCWatcher · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In other words, IDC is reporting that Oracle raised prices. That strategy works for a quarter or two, maybe. But it's a going out of business strategy.

    1. Re:Double the Price, Half the Servers? by Migala77 · · Score: 4, Informative

      In other words, IDC is reporting that Oracle raised prices. That strategy works for a quarter or two, maybe. But it's a going out of business strategy.

      Where did you read this? Nothing about the price is mentioned in the article, apart from that sales of pricier servers have increased in general. Oracle sales are more or less matching overall market growth, so neither a higher market share nor higher price is necessary for Oracle's revenue to go up.