"I don't think Oracle should be in the hardware business, so I don't think you'll see us buying any hardware companies. But we have thought about it."
--Larry Ellison who when asked in 2003 if Oracle had considered buying Sun Microsystems instead of pursuing the hostile takeover of PeopleSoft continued on to say it would be a bad idea.
The bearded one is obviously for turning.
Throw in the fact that IBM appear to have thought that they were still negotiating with Sun and this looks like a smash and grab deal. Hell Sun didn't even get a leak out to the Wall Street Journal and that's in direct opposition to their entire corporate culture.
It was obviously a fast deal and that would explain why there appears to be a lack of integration details.
Sun is a huge company even if it's value is low, we know they like Java and want to build a hardware mainframe. Beyond that? We and perhaps they know nothing.
