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Joseph wrote in with his thoughts about the merger: "I applaud Sun + Oracle = Oracle. Sun Solaris Servers always have been the most reliable servers that carry Oracle databases. As for Oracle database and MySQL – they are different beasts. I do not think they compete with each other. They have different audiences.
On the other side Sun + IBM = IBM would possibly undermine or even kill Solaris (the best Unix OS in my opinion) in favor of AIX. And would Sun excellent servers survive in IBM environment?"
Andrew writes: "I wish there was a 3rd contender bidding for SUN as needless to say I spend around 23/share when their stock was up. With the ORCL deal I have no hope of recouping the difference. ORCL probably wants to bundle their databases with SUNs fine hardware platforms. So that makes sense too aside from the business sense SUN is dirt cheap right now and ORCL just found a deal."
…and lastly, JC wrote with the following: "I really was considering IBM deal something weird. Since IBM in some past trades has acted as inverse of the Midas’ Touch. On the other side, what would happened to NetBeans and Oracle Developer suite.. Maybe be sent to oblivion. The monopoly should be clear. And also we are talking about other products like Websphere and Glassfish. Personally I do not trust IBM enough to see a future for SUN products. Java in IBM hands, help!
Oracle on the other hand, does not have hardware experience, MySQL and Postgress are clear competitors of remarkable oracle DB. What then. What is doing Oracle with other acquisitions?
I’d rather like to see something like, let’s say NCR buying SUN. Concentrating such power in Oracle’s or IBM’s domains leave us with no alternatives but Microsoft."
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