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Oracle/SUN Competitive Edge

April 20, 2009

Analysis of:Oracle Acquisition 'Transforms Market' | www.crn.com

The acquisition of Sun MicroSystems will allow Oracle to expand their Software portfolio in many different areas and create a tremendous challenge for other software vendors. On the software side, it makes sense. Especially in business mobility and applications for smart phones, where Oracle does not exist and SUN/JAVA is the preferred language shared by most application developers in this sector. Also, SUN "FREE" Open Office applications which is similar to Microsoft Office Suite. It has been a long time since we heard from Redwood vs Redmond while the focus was shifted to SAP and other ERP providers. This is a great opportunity to put Oracle back in saddle competing with Microsoft in the smart phone apps-market. Also, creating noise for free Open-Office and JAVA. In addition, let's not forget JAVA role with Oracle family of applications. On the Hardware side, it is a different matter. Sun has been struggling without any success to revive this sector.

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