I’ve just received the newsletter from Sun Microsystems Switzerland regarding the acquisition/merger of Sun into Oracle. On April 20, 2009, Oracle announced a definitive agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems. The proposed transaction is subject to Sun stockholder approval (JAVA), certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Until the deal closes, each company will continue to […]
Continue ReadingSun Whitepaper – Guide to Cloud Computing
Sun, makers of servers and open source software like Solaris, OpenOffice, Gnome and other (and in talks to be bought by IBM) just sent out an interesting whitepaper about Cloud Computing. You can download the free guide from their website. The paper contains the following parts: Defines cloud computing and its benefits Explains the different […]
Continue ReadingIBM in Talks to Buy Sun?
via WallStreetJournal o rly? SUN (JAVA): 3,723,526,925 US$ current stock value. IBM wants to pay up to US$ 6.5 billion: If the deal does go through, which could happen as early as this week, IBM is likely to pay at least $6.5 billion in cash to acquire Sun, the people said. That would translate into […]
Continue ReadingReadings for Today: 10/13/2008
Report Nine: Open Source Is Not a Business Model How do vendors make money from free and open source software (FOSS)? The question is as old as FOSS itself, but over time it has shifted from a theoretical question — “How is it possible to generate revenue from something that is free?” — to a […]
Continue ReadingWeb 2.0 and Open Source in Startups – A Sun Event
As promised last week this is a short review of the Sun Microsystem’s Event about “Web 2.0 and Open Source in Startups”. First: This event was more for founders and managers than for developers. And you could clearly see this. Most came with a shirt or suite. Neither Mathias, Christian nor me had a t-shirt […]
Continue ReadingEvent Preview: Web 2.0 and Open Source in Startups
Sun Microsystems invites to their new event about Web 2.0 and Open Source in Startups. Today they have sent out the agenda for next Thursday, June 19th and it looks pretty interesting: What does Web 2.0 mean to Sun and why do we care? Manuel Jaffrin, EMEA Business Development Manager Web 2.0/Internet Industry Practice Sun […]
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