While I am happy to defer to someone who I think is a bit more connected through previous relationships to what's happening at Oracle, I will say the one thing

While I am happy to defer to someone who I think is a bit more connected through previous relationships to what's happening at Oracle, I will say the one thing I take issue with is the way they phrased the earn-out. It's based on net revenue, not income. This is Larry we're talking about, there's plenty of ways to make the revenue of Pillar look good enough to get paid, even if it's not REALLY making any money. Sell a database, get a "free" Pillar system. But hey, the Pillar system is what you really paid for, we gave you the licensing for free!