[ale] It's official - Oracle has assimilated Sun

[Jeff Lightner]

It's NOT official just yet:

>From the press release:
"It is anticipated to close this summer, subject to Sun stockholder
approval, certain regulatory approvals and customary closing
conditions."

This is always the case for publically traded companies.
I don't see much likelihood the deal will get killed by any of that but
it does always take some time for this to occur.   There's always the
possibility of a hostile takeover by someone else just in self defense.


Also there is the possibility the Justice Department will require them
to spin off any product they are in competition with already.  (e.g.
MySQL).  With the DB market share Oracle already has I'd like to think
the current Justice Department will force that.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Brian Pitts
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 2:52 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] It's official - Oracle has assimilated Sun

aaron wrote:
> Haven't time to read the details right now, but the Oracle
> purchase of Sun is the top Groklaw headline item:
> 
> < http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090420083210981 >
> 

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/oracle-acquires-sun-ars-
explores-the-impact-on-open-source.ars

is worth reading.

-- 
All the best,
Brian Pitts
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