SUN STORY ENDED WITH A TWIST:
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Oracle Snatches Sun, SCOTCHING IBM ....
Oracle has emerged as one of the most powerful players on the tech landscape, buying rivals to assemble a long list of programs used by companies.
The deal gives Oracle control over important Sun software -- notably the popular programming technology called Java, which is used to build software for Web sites and cellphones. Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison described Java as "the single most important software asset we have ever acquired."
Some analysts said they were stunned by Mr. Ellison's move, predicting that Oracle may eventually choose to divest Sun's hardware business. But Safra Catz, one of two Oracle presidents, said Oracle intends to make Sun's hardware operations a profitable business unit.
"The acquisition of Sun transforms the IT industry, combining best-in-class enterprise software and mission-critical computing systems," said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. "Oracle will be the only company that can engineer an integrated system - applications to disk - where all the pieces fit and work together so customers do not have to do it themselves. Our customers benefit as their systems integration costs go down while system performance, reliability and security go up."
It's hard to predict the full extent of how Oracle's acquisition of Sun will impact the open source software industry. There are a lot of unanswered questions and there are many other projects at both Sun and Oracle—such as OpenOffice.org and Btrfs—that could be left in limbo. The transition will be difficult and there will surely be some cultural conflicts and friction. It's also pretty easy to anticipate a lot of cuts of both staff and projects as Oracle assimilates Sun.
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