US regulators clear the deal, but what about the EU?"Oracle's $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems got the sign-off it needed from federal antitrust regulators today, removing a key hurdle for the two companies' merger. "Oracle said the U.S. Department of Justice approved the deal, first announced in April, and terminated the companies' waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
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DoJ to Oracle/Sun: Not so Fast, Pardners
No fast-track for the Sun/Oracle merger..."The federal government has denied Oracle's request for a speedy approval of its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems, requesting more time to give the purchase scrutiny before passing it on to the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval.
Submitted Community Manager on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 14:32.
Will Oracle Kill the Java Community?
Wither Java after the Oracle acquisition?"Will Oracle be good to Java's developers?
Submitted ComputerWorld on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 14:43.
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What the Oracle Acquisition of Sun Means for Linux
It’s no surprise that the executive director of the Linux Foundation would see good news for Linux in the unexpected announcement this morning of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems, but I do feel it necessary to shed some light on how it may or may not affect Linux.
Submitted on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 18:04.
Shuttleworth: Oracle a Litmus Test for Ubuntu
Oracle certification and Ubuntu..."Ubuntu Linux 9.04 is set for release on April 23rd for both the server and the desktop, and though it will include many new features, it will be lacking at least one key item -- Oracle certification.
Submitted Community Manager on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 13:50.
Using the sed Editor
One of the best things about the Linux operating system is that it is crammed full of utilities. There are so many different utilities, in fact, that it is next to impossible to know and understand all of them. One utility that can simplify life in key situations is sed. It is one of the most powerful tools in any administrator's toolkit and can prove itself invaluable in a crunch.
Submitted OracleTechNetwork on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 12:13.
Tagged with Application Development | editors | Linux Foundation LDN Featured Articles | oracle | sed | General
Filtering and Grouping: A Comparison of SQL, Linux Scripting, and Ruby
Approaching problems involving sets of data with Oracle SQL, Linux, and Ruby.. "The way to create something beautiful is often to make subtle tweaks to something that already exists, or to combine existing ideas in a slightly new way." - Paul Graham, Hackers and Painters
Submitted OracleTechNetwork on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 14:32.
Tagged with Application Development | database | Linux Foundation LDN Featured Articles | oracle | Ruby | scripting | sql | Languages | Operations-SystemAdministration
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Oracle Wants to Dance on its Own, Not with Red Hat
It's been nearly two and a half years since Oracle announced their Oracle Unbreakable Linux program. Flash forward to present day, Oracle is still facing a strong perception in the community and tech media that "Unbreakable's" mission is to make new Oracle customers solely at the expense of Red Hat.A perception Oracle really wants to change.
Submitted on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 14:46.
Tagged with enterprise | Linux Foundation LDN Featured Articles | oracle | Red Hat | RHEL | storage | Unbreakable | Distribution Development | Distributions | Locally Generated Content
The Real Story on Oracle Unbreakable Linux
Wim Coekaerts takes on recent unfavorable press about Oracle...
Submitted Community Manager on Wed, 03/04/2009 - 16:06.
Oracle Donates Data Integrity Code to Linux
Some interesting news just came over the wires: Oracle, that really big database company you may have heard of, and Emulex, a smaller host bus adapter vendor you may not have heard about yet, just announced that donation of block I/O data integrity infrastructure code to the Linux kernel.
In fact, the code is already in Linux 2.6.27.
Submitted on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 19:14.