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Oracle stares into Sun for storage future. Just what is Oracle's business now?

• flipper 18y ago
  I share the article's author's sense of confusion about this deal. If Oracle were keen to buy Sun why did they let IBM almost succeed in buying Sun first?
  • omouse 18y ago
    It validates their decision. If anyone points it out as a stupid deal, they can say that IBM wanted to go through with it and IBM is never wrong.
  • wmf 18y ago
    Some people have proposed a theory that the failure of the IBM-Sun deal created the perception that Sun was desperate, and once they were desperate Sun had to accept whatever deal came along. Thus Oracle could pick them up at a discount price.