Oracle and Sun: Analyzing the deal

摘要

In acquiring Sun Microsystems Inc.'s hardware business, Oracle Corp. is ushering in the return of the end-to-end systems vendor, industry analysts say.rnSun's open source and software initiatives have grabbed the headlines in wake of the US$7.4-billion acquisition, with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison calling Java "the single most important software" the company has ever acquired. But behind that rhetoric, technology observers agree that Sun's hardware business will play a key role in Oracle's quest to become the industry's dominant full-service IT player.