Comments on: Mergers and value http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/20/mergers-and-value/ Thoughts on the confluence of business, change and technology. Areas covered include business intelligence, cultural transformation, business and IT alignment, business and IT strategy, project execution and social media. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:34:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: No-fooling: A new blog-tagging meme – by Curt Monash « Peter Thomas – Award-winning Business Intelligence and Cultural Transformation Expert http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/20/mergers-and-value/#comment-3081 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:40:57 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2548#comment-3081 [...] Mergers and value [...]

]]> By: An update of the most read articles on this site « Peter Thomas – Award-winning Business Intelligence and Cultural Transformation Expert http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/20/mergers-and-value/#comment-2029 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:23:53 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2548#comment-2029 [...] Mergers and value [...]

]]> By: The Register’s take on Microsoft and Oracle / Sun « Peter Thomas - Award-winning Business Intelligence and Cultural Transformation Expert http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/20/mergers-and-value/#comment-1100 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:36:06 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2548#comment-1100 [...] an article on The Register by Gavin Clarke. This was about Microsoft’s potential response to Oracle’s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems. This was entitled (rather cryptically in my opinion) Microsoft’s DNA won’t permit [...]

]]> By: My thoughts on Oracle / Sun quoted by Computerworld UK and computing.co.uk « Peter Thomas - Award-winning Business Intelligence and Cultural Transformation Expert http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/20/mergers-and-value/#comment-1089 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:19:48 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2548#comment-1089 [...] was recently contacted by the UK arm of Computerworld asking whether they could quote from my thoughts on Oracle’s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems. I was delighted to accept and the resulting article has now been publsihed: Oracle’s Sun [...]

]]> By: Ilya Bogorad http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/20/mergers-and-value/#comment-1060 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:14:18 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2548#comment-1060 Paul,

The OS and hardware considerations are really passe in this day and age. There is nothing of interest to Apple there, no synergies to speak of.

Cheers,

Ilya

]]> By: Peter Thomas http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/20/mergers-and-value/#comment-1059 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:13:19 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2548#comment-1059 Hi Paul,

Thanks for the comments.

I guess Apple never felt the need for such a partnership. Do you not think that if Oracle tries to mess too much with MySQL, it will just result in a code fork and the emergence of a non-Oracle version?

Peter

]]> By: Paul Misner http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/20/mergers-and-value/#comment-1058 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:09:14 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2548#comment-1058 As a person who uses open source pretty much exclusively for my web services, I am concerned about Oracle owning MySQL. MySQL has served me well as the backend database to almost all that I do, outside of my full-time job.
On the other hand, MySQL might be the only thing safe with a Sun acquisition. Frankly I think Oracle Sun Servers will go the way of Oracle’s NetAppliance.

I’m surprised that Apple and Sun never got together. Two Unix based companies that had complimentenary positions in their respective markets.

]]> By: Combinatorics « Peter Thomas - Award-winning Business Intelligence and Cultural Transformation Expert http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/20/mergers-and-value/#comment-1056 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:20:18 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2548#comment-1056 [...] of the furore following on from the announcement of the proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle appears to have died down today. However, taking a look round the blogosphere and various on-line [...]

]]> By: Peter Thomas http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/20/mergers-and-value/#comment-1055 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:28:42 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2548#comment-1055 Hi Subbaraman,

Thanks for the post and link. Your comment was erroneously tagged as spam by Askimet (it seems to get it right most of the time however).

Peter

]]> By: Subbaraman Iyer http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/04/20/mergers-and-value/#comment-1050 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:32:59 +0000 http://peterthomas.wordpress.com/?p=2548#comment-1050 I have commented on possible scenarios in my blog post on the acquisition here at: http://subbaiyer.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/oracle-acquires-sun-unexpected-and-interesting/

I would believe the first casualty in this acquisition would be MySQL. Recently some of the founders and key people at MySQL have already quit due to frustration at not having their way from Sun.
Left to Oracle itself, they would kill MySQL. But surprisingly My SQL has a strong user base, developer network and hence Oracle may face a push back. So, let’s watch.
Unlike other acquisitions, this one looks more difficult.

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