Sun Microsystems' stock value shot up today after months of decline. The reason behind the 10% jump was a statement of commitments recently posted by...
0 replies - 14357 views - 12/14/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Today, as a result of "constructive discussions with the European Commission," Oracle released a statement of commitments to the customers,...
2 replies - 8810 views - 12/14/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Leaders on both sides of the Oracle-Sun deal have been recruiting people to send email petitions to the EU. Just before the hearings this weekend, Oracle...
0 replies - 12755 views - 12/14/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Yesterday, EC chair Neelie Kroes was optimistic that Oracle and the EU could come to an agreement. Today, Oracle attacked the EU, saying that they have only...
0 replies - 15861 views - 12/12/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
At Washington University, they have a class that teaches students how to write iPhone apps. Each student got an iPod touch at the beginning of the semester...
1 replies - 14267 views - 12/10/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
The New York Post recently reported that Larry Ellison, the Oracle CEO, offered a compromise to EU regulators. Oracle denied the report
a few hours later. ...
0 replies - 13773 views - 12/05/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Neelie Kroes, the EU antagonist to Oracle's takeover of Sun, is stepping down as the Commission on Competition chair. There's no word on whether the decision...
2 replies - 13007 views - 12/02/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Two anonymous sources "with knowledge of the matter" told Reuters that Oracle asked for a hearing with the European Commission, which will take place...
0 replies - 13440 views - 11/30/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
59 US Senators signed a request this week asking the European Commission to expedite its investigation of the Oracle-Sun deal. The letter was addressed to...
3 replies - 5207 views - 11/26/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
If Oracle were to sell MySQL to a third-party, who would it be? Many thought Red Hat was the obvious choice with thier JBoss open source division. ...
0 replies - 13692 views - 11/14/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Ken Auletta, the author of "Google: The End of The World As We Know It", recently revealed that Google was interested in buying the New York...
0 replies - 11704 views - 11/12/09 by Lyndsey Clevesy in News
Oracle and the EU are escalating their legal battle over the Sun acquisition. The EU took the first step towards blocking the merger Monday with a formal...
6 replies - 6260 views - 11/10/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
An SAP spokesperson confirmed that the company's CEO Leo Apotheker sent a letter to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison less than two weeks after the EU antitrust probe...
0 replies - 9355 views - 11/09/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
The EU could issue a formal objection to the Oracle-Sun deal within the next few days according to a Financial Times report. Just a few weeks ago, the EU's...
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Sun's stock price has fallen to 16% less than Oracle's offer price for the company. It appears that more investors are concerned that the Sun acquisition...
0 replies - 14788 views - 11/02/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
