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This is a best fit and should have happened long time ago...
As explained by Dana Blankhorn in http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4014 (Why is Oracle picking up the Sun mess?), the following single reason is alone good enough to justify this acquisition

"This is a defensive move. To quote the press release. ?The Sun Solaris operating system is the leading platform for the Oracle database.? Want that in a rival?s hands? "
Posted by: marees   Posted on: 04/20/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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This is a best fit and should have happened long time ago...  marees | 04/20/09
Solaris has some good tech but  Ed Burnette ZDNet Moderator | 04/20/09
installed base of Solaris ...  marees | 04/21/09
the title is not quite right  Quebec-french | 04/20/09
Did I miss something???  techboy_z | 04/20/09
MySQL is GPL, so it's more open for some  Ed Burnette ZDNet Moderator | 04/20/09
RE: Sun sells soul for 10 cents more  gary859 | 04/20/09
RE: Sun sells soul for 10 cents more  super_J | 04/20/09
RE: Sun sells soul for 10 cents more  Razbuznik | 04/20/09
RE: Sun sells soul for 10 cents more  blu_z | 04/20/09
Panic sale to protect their bonuses/benefits  deaf_e_kate | 04/21/09
Sun's soul is Solaris ... and Sparc not Java  marees | 04/21/09
Nothing good will come from it  michael@... | 04/22/09

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