With the European Commission expected to green-light the Oracle-Sun deal as early as this week, the future is looking bright for Oracle, right? Wrong. Last...
2 replies - 6976 views - 01/18/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Oracle to Cut 50% of Sun Workforce? Sun Says NoLast week, USB analyst Brent Thill predicted that Oracle would cut some 13,800 jobs at Sun if the merger is...
4 replies - 15385 views - 01/18/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Russia Now Stands Between Oracle and Sun With the European Commission expected to approve the Oracle-Sun deal next week, Russia has suddenly leapt into the...
2 replies - 19580 views - 01/15/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Scam Charity Sites Pop up in the Wake of the Haiti EarthquakeThe FBI and Better Business Bureau have posted warnings about the fake charity sites popping up...
0 replies - 14792 views - 01/15/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Here we go again—another year, another set of predictions revisited
and offered up for the next 12 months. And maybe, if I'm feeling really
ambitious, I'll...
5 replies - 10501 views - 01/05/10 by Ted Neward in News
For months there's been no announcement from Sun or Oracle about JavaOne 2010, or the future of the conference in general. Vladimir Vivien, who runs the...
6 replies - 6840 views - 12/30/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
With a headline that claims you can "Help keep the Internet free," MySQL creator Monty Widenius sprung into action once again on his blog to rally...
6 replies - 8483 views - 12/29/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
Will Apple Unveil the iSlate? The Apple Tablet rumors continue to circulate as the demo for Apple's large mobile device draws closer. MacRumors.com...
0 replies - 19791 views - 12/27/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Ellison Plans to Dispense Cloud Computing BeatdownNow that Oracle expects the EU to approve its acquisition of Sun, CEO Larry Ellison revealed his plans to...
0 replies - 13832 views - 12/19/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Two sources claimed today that the Oracle-Sun merger is going to be approved by the European Commission and Oracle President Safra Catz later released this...
2 replies - 6193 views - 12/17/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Sun Microsystems' stock value shot up today after months of decline. The reason behind the 10% jump was a statement of commitments recently posted by...
0 replies - 14355 views - 12/14/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Today, as a result of "constructive discussions with the European Commission," Oracle released a statement of commitments to the customers,...
2 replies - 8810 views - 12/14/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Leaders on both sides of the Oracle-Sun deal have been recruiting people to send email petitions to the EU. Just before the hearings this weekend, Oracle...
0 replies - 12754 views - 12/14/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
Yesterday, EC chair Neelie Kroes was optimistic that Oracle and the EU could come to an agreement. Today, Oracle attacked the EU, saying that they have only...
0 replies - 15857 views - 12/12/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
At Washington University, they have a class that teaches students how to write iPhone apps. Each student got an iPod touch at the beginning of the semester...
1 replies - 14265 views - 12/10/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
