RE: Oracle buying Sun...

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What's in Reno?

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 7:15 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Oracle buying Sun...

We'll see...  I dunno...  I can easily see Ellison shoring up the product
line into an incredibly competitive package express.  And, A LOT more
Solaris is used and taught in schools than AIX (DEFINITELY more than
iSeries!!!!).  And LOTS of academia uses solaris and spark units...

....and then there's a little thing called Java...which I think Sun owns, at
last check.... :)

Oh this is going to be fun to watch....

DR2 - starting to pack for Reno...

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Hall
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 7:58 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Oracle buying Sun...

Don wrote:
> Frankly, I think this is an incredibly bright move on Oracle's part, and
> going to cost IBM big time in terms of AIX sales.

Unless there's a little collusion in the works and IBM has already
worked out an understanding with Oracle. Of course, there's always that
guy on the grassy knoll...