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Oracle's swoop on Sun makes history

Source: The Scotsman

Denver : CO : USA | 7 months ago

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IT industry is littered with examples of hardware firms bolstering their offerings by snapping up software rivals, the reverse has seldom been the case. That is now set to change, with Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems marking the first time that a major software company has taken...

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News Source: The Scotsman | 7 months ago

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