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Didn't have a big enough stake in it to justify the purchase of Sun. Oracle however, did have a lot riding on Java succeeding and removing the Sun Hardware divi
by warmwaffles 14y ago
Didn't have a big enough stake in it to justify the purchase of Sun. Oracle however, did have a lot riding on Java succeeding and removing the Sun Hardware division as a competitor.
- fauigerzigerk 14y agoThe Sun hardware division wasn't competing with Oracle at the time. I think they bought Sun because they thought it made sense to sell software + hardware and because they didn't want IBM to have Java. If Larry Ellison hadn't underestimated the cloud trend, the takeover probably wouldn't have happened. Oracle has been very successful with its M&A activities, but this one is clearly a complete desaster.