Oracle has long since wanted their Operating System. Here's their chance. OpenSolaris+OracleDB or OpenSolaris+MySQL going head to head with linux options. Then there is ZFS. Granted BtrFS is an alternative and the guys who get a bigger adaption will win that race.... This is a shot across Microsoft, IBM and Red Hat's bow. Nice way to spice up the business.
Larry Ellison said they bought Sun for the software business, not the hardware: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131829 On 04 21, 09, at 12:08 PM, thad wrote: > Sparc platform is dead in the water no matter what Allison says. For > sure the mid-range UNIX hardware of Sun will not buy him a MIG or a > week stay to the moon. > > Arnold Schwarzenegger - "I have a love interest in every one of > my films - a gun." - > http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/arnold_schwarzenegger.html > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:21 PM, jan gestre <[email protected]> > wrote: >> IMO Oracle will probably kill the server business which is losing >> heavily >> against HP and IBM and instead shift its focus on Java, Solaris and >> ZFS, the >> question is what will happen to OpenSolaris. >> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:45 AM, thad <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Will Oracle be interested with Sun hardware, or its just buy and >>> kill >>> acquisition? >>> >>> On 4/20/09, andrelst <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I think some guy on Oracle got wind of the topic about Oracle and >>>> MySQL discussed here in PLUG last month. And he thought... why >>>> don't >>>> we buy SUN to end this? :) >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> Andre | http://www.varon.ca >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Alexander Panganiban Santiago >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > i suggest they read first the "50 things to know ... " thread on >>>> PLUG. >>>> > >>>> > :) >>>> > >>>> > peace.. >>>> > >>>> > Ariz Jacinto wrote: >>>> >> http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/20/128246 >>>> >> >>>> >> say hello to percona :-D >>>> _________________________________________________ >>>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>>> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >>>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >>>> >>> _________________________________________________ >>> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >>> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >>> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> >> >> >> -- >> http://jangestre.wordpress.com >> >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
