Oracle's Declaration to Sun Customers ... and IBM
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Re: Oracle's Declaration to Sun Customers ... and IBM
#2" ...tightly integrating Oracle software with Sun hardware."
Does this mean support for Oracle software on Linux will slowly degrade? Oracle would likely prefer to sell you the entire suite of hardware, OS and software vs. just selling software.
Re: Oracle's Declaration to Sun Customers ... and IBM
#3" ...tightly integrating Oracle software with Sun hardware." Does this mean support for Oracle software on Linux will slowly degrade? Oracle would likely prefer to sell you the entire suite of hardware, OS and software vs. just selling software.
Maybe. It could just mean that they are going to make Oracle software work better with the SPARC/Solaris stuff. As to be able to sell the software for other platforms as well as give you a reason to buy SPARC Boxes from them in the future.
Re: Oracle's Declaration to Sun Customers ... and IBM
#4" ...tightly integrating Oracle software with Sun hardware." Does this mean support for Oracle software on Linux will slowly degrade? Oracle would likely prefer to sell you the entire suite of hardware, OS and software vs. just selling software.
In the past Oracle has been the type of company where they provide a one stop shop for their customers: software for every department/industry, full suite packages, consulting. While the rest of the companies piece together software from different providers.
So its very likely that they would use their own hardware now that its an option.
Re: Oracle's Declaration to Sun Customers ... and IBM
#5I really want to know what Orcale's real plan is. Before the acquisition they have to have figured out some way to reconcile Oracle Linux and Solaris, I just wish I knew what it was. No matter how you slice it, they are competing products in a very similar space. I suppose they could continue to develop both separately and take advantage of having two brands.
Re: Oracle's Declaration to Sun Customers ... and IBM
#6I really want to know what Orcale's real plan is. Before the acquisition they have to have figured out some way to reconcile Oracle Linux and Solaris, I just wish I knew what it was. No matter how you slice it, they are competing products in a very similar space. I suppose they could continue to develop both separately and take advantage of having two brands.
Not necessarily - the could have simply worried about their customers on Sparc falling into the hands of IBM/HP salesmen with DB2/SQLServer salesmen in tow.
Re: Oracle's Declaration to Sun Customers ... and IBM
#7Has the DOJ approved the merger? Last I heard they hadn't and the value of Sun was disappearing by the day (because the longer it takes the more people leave and take with them valuable knowledge).
Re: Oracle's Declaration to Sun Customers ... and IBM
#8Has the DOJ approved the merger? Last I heard they hadn't and the value of Sun was disappearing by the day (because the longer it takes the more people leave and take with them valuable knowledge).
DOJ approved it; they're waiting on European approval.
Re: Oracle's Declaration to Sun Customers ... and IBM
#9... dramatically improve hardware performance by tightly integrating Oracle software with Sun hardware
Eh? The hardware and its performance stands alone. Adding software cannot improve the hardware. Only the software performance may be increased by better hardware utilization.
Re: Oracle's Declaration to Sun Customers ... and IBM
#10I really want to know what Orcale's real plan is. Before the acquisition they have to have figured out some way to reconcile Oracle Linux and Solaris, I just wish I knew what it was. No matter how you slice it, they are competing products in a very similar space. I suppose they could continue to develop both separately and take advantage of having two brands.
Not necessarily - the could have simply worried about their customers on Sparc falling into the hands of IBM/HP salesmen with DB2/SQLServer salesmen in tow.
Right, but I expected them to slowly phase Sparc and Solaris out, and offer their existing Sparc customers discounts to upgrade.