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Was Oracle's acquisition of Sun driven by its desire to lord over key Open Source technologies?

Created by : Vinod M Raveendranath, Managing Partner, AmfiOS Technologies  | 02 22 2010 06:23:09 +0000
Industry : IT ProductsFunctional Area : Growth(Strategy & Execution)
Keywords : strategy oracle open source acquisition sun
Activity:  118 views;  last activity : 07 06 2010 20:18:09 +0000

Along with Sun Microsystems, Oracle got control of its open source projects such as Java, MySQL, OpenOffice, ZFS, etc.; along with the Enterprise Hardware and Services business, which was Sun's mainstay.

  
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Oracle has been pursuing a lot of Java driven projects. Sun-controlled MySQL held the promise of overtaking Oracle someday in Medium/Long term. More than shoring up its revenues at the risk of increasing its own bulk and complexities, it was Oracle's desire to wrest control of these open source technologies that led to its acquiring Sun.
By Vinod M Raveendranath, Managing Partner, AmfiOS Technologies  | 02 22 2010 06:23:09 +0000
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