Oracle buys Sun for $7.4 billion April 21, 2009
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Oracle get MySQL (another one bites the dust!), Java (Oracle applications anyone?) but also the chance to have closely integrated hardware for their database and applications.
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The acquisition of Sun transforms the IT industry, combining best-in-class enterprise software and mission-critical computing systems…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." – Oracle’s CEO Larry Ellison
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Oracle Spends $7.4 Billion to Buy Sun, Now Rivals IBM – FastCompany
