Entries tagged with 'Sun-Microsystems'

Well folks, as you’ve no doubt already read in the press (Oracle’s office news), Sun Microsystems ceased to exist as a separate legal entity yesterday. Sun Microsystems is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oracle.
And to mark the end of the era, I took a snapshot of the stock price and graph over Sun’s history…

Hmmm, [...]

Woohoo!!! Finally, the EU has given Oracle the thumbs-up for their purchase of Sun…
Larry Ellison’s Oracle won an all-clear from Europe’s top antitrust official to proceed with its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems after reaching a verbal agreement to protect a piece of software at the heart of a months-long dispute.
The final approval is [...]

It’s a sad day in the history of Sun Microsystems…
SANTA CLARA, CA July 16, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced that at a special meeting of stockholders held on July 16, 2009, its stockholders adopted the merger agreement entered into with Oracle Corporation, under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per [...]

If all goes well, it looks like Larry Ellison is soon to become my new Big Boss following the news that Oracle has agreed to buy Sun Microsystems for the sum of $9.50 a share (I got this email too).
I must say I’m a lot more comfortable with the idea of Oracle, a software [...]

4 great posts from Sun’s CEO, Jonathan Schwartz, that bring you up to speed very quickly on where the company is heading and how it intends on making money in the future. Each post includes a video that very closely mirrors the words written in the post.

Understanding Sun in Three Easy Steps (1 of [...]

I was just checking the Sun share price this morning and nearly had a heart-attack. I noticed the share price had jumped significantly in pre-market trading:

I glanced across to the sidebar in Google finance and it’s awash with stories about IBM being in talks to buy Sun Microsystems. They all reference the same [...]

Check it out… Dell to Offer Solaris Subscriptions on Select Dell PowerEdge Servers
Wow!!! I didn’t see this one coming. Now if this isn’t a sign of the demand and quality of Solaris, I don’t know what is. First IBM, and now Dell. Who’s next?

I think NetApp may be finding themselves in a bit of a tough spot if they’re not careful. As you may know, they have filed a lawsuit against Sun claiming ZFS infringes on their patents.
Jonathan Schwartz, being a reasonable man, got in contact with Dave Hitz of NetApps to discuss how they could settle [...]

You should read the comments on Jonathan Schwartz’s blog about Sun’s decision to change the stocker ticker from SUNW to JAVA. It’s just pure pointless, and often thoughtless, hostilities. I think there are about 10 favorable comments in all, out of the 335 (and counting) comments so far.
For some reason, people seem to think [...]

As of next week, one of the most actively traded shares on the Nasdaq, will have a new ticker symbol. Sun Microsystems will change it’s ticker symbol from SUNW to JAVA.
To quote Jonathan Schwartz…
… SUNW represents the past, and its not without a nostalgic nod that we’ve decided to look ahead.
JAVA is a technology whose [...]