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The surprise was that Sun was selling itself
If Oracle had made a hostile bid, it wouldn't have surprised anybody. It is sad that Sun is reduced to such a state that they cant survive as a company anymore and have to offer themselves up for sale.

Most pundits didnt expect Oracle to get into hardware, but Oracle would never allow another competitor to buy Solaris on which most Oracle servers were installed. In fact Oracle would have bought Sun 10 or 15 years earlier if they could have afforded it.
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I am sure everyone was surprised  GuidingLight | 04/20/09
well not the way i see it  Quebec-french | 04/20/09
The surprise was that Sun was selling itself  marees | 04/20/09
next clip: Ballmer wetting his pants!  Linux Geek | 04/20/09
Keep on dreaming Linux Geek...It's free like you wanted it...  transposeIT | 04/22/09
Rivals? Don't undersell it  Richard Flude | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle-Sun: IBM surprised, Ballmer speechless  csteddy | 04/20/09
Ellison is a mad genius  moffett.john@... | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle-Sun: IBM surprised, Ballmer speechless  brajesh8 | 04/21/09
RE: Oracle-Sun: IBM surprised, Ballmer speechless  Gopi Nathan | 04/21/09
Not really a surprise to me.  nucrash | 04/21/09
Is there going to be a Larry Ellison Health Watch?  nucrash | 04/21/09
RE: Oracle-Sun: IBM surprised, Ballmer speechless  bug3@... | 04/21/09
Ballmer feels threatened.  Rick S._z | 04/21/09
RE: Oracle-Sun: IBM surprised, Ballmer speechless  seaczar | 04/21/09
RE: RE: Oracle-Sun: IBM surprised, Ballmer speechless  Willsy7 | 05/20/09
First, Java sucks the rust off of a trailer hitch...  VoiceOfLogic | 04/22/09

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