Oracle’s Acquisition of Sun Is Done and Confirmed

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In the webcast marking the completion of the acquisition of Sun, now Oracle, Larry Ellison reassured Java developers that Oracle would keep investing in Java. See the FAQ. It also gives a few hints about Oracle’s plans for Solaris, MySQL, NetBeans and other products. Here are some lines from the Twitter coverage that amused me or caught my attention. Larry gave IBM and cloud computing a good kicking.

RT @Oracle: Larry Ellison: Solaris will be the OS for a cluster of computers, not just a high end box #oraclesun

Larry: “Best 2 databases on planet are DB2 on mainframes and Oracle on modern computers” #oraclesun

RT @sunmicrosystems: Larry Ellison: we are going to make MySQL better #oraclesun

RT @Oracle: Larry Ellison: Solaris will be the OS for a cluster of computers, not just a high end box #oraclesun

RT @vandenadort: Larry: IBM doesnt have Java, they haven’t got Oracle database, what they have is a problem. They’re a decade behind us #oraclesun

RT @oracletechnet: Ellison: I love Linux, but Solaris is more mature and reliable for the high end #oraclesun

Larry Ellison: DB2 is about a decade behind when it comes to Oracle technology #oraclesun

Ellison “Why in the world didn’t IBM create a scalable dbase machine. IBM is far behind, I don’t think they have a chance at all.”#oraclesun

#oraclesun: Ellison: “I can’t understand why IBM has never come out with a database machine. DB2 doesn’t cluster, doesn’t scale, nothing.”

#OracleSun LE: won’t measure Java success in terms of revenue but in terms of tech success->Sun tried this, might work for Oracle?

Ellison: “There is no in-memory dbase that will take the place of a relational dbase.” #oraclesun

Larry — The only thing new about Cloud is the name, we’ve been doing it for years. Itunes, Sales Force, etc all run #Oracle #oraclesun

RT @oracletechnet: Ellison: The only thing new about cloud computing is the word “cloud” — it’s just a computer attached to the Internet #oraclesun