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      • There are substantial long-term strategic customer advantages to Oracle owning two key Sun software assets: Java and Solaris. Java is one of the computer industry’s best-known brands and most widely deployed technologies, and it is the most important software Oracle has ever acquired.
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      Oracle Buys Sun

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Acquisition_of_SunAcquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation

    On April 20, 2009, Sun and Oracle announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle would acquire Sun for $9.50 a share in cash. Net of Sun's cash and debt, this amounted to a $5.6 billion offer from Oracle.

  4. www.oracle.com › oracle-buys-sun-042009Oracle Buys Sun

    Apr 20, 2009 · Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash and debt.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_acquisitions_by_OracleList of acquisitions by Oracle - Wikipedia

    This is a listing of Oracle Corporation's corporate acquisitions, including acquisitions of both companies and individual products. Oracle's version [1] does not include value of the acquisition. [2] See also Category:Sun Microsystems acquisitions (Sun was acquired by Oracle).

  6. www.ft.com › content › aeaa52e4-2db2-11de-9eba-00144Oracle/Sun Microsystems - Financial Times

    Apr 20, 2009 · Rather, the draw is Sun’s software assets. Its key products, Java and Solaris, do not make much money. But they are industry standards, and much of Oracle’s own database software relies on...

  7. www.ft.com › content › 3614fc18-2da7-11de-9eba-00144Oracle in $7.4bn swoop on Sun - Financial Times

    Apr 20, 2009 · Instead, its executives on Monday focused squarely on the long-term strategic advantage to Oracle of owning Sun’s leading software assets, principally Java and the Solaris operating...

  8. www.forbes.com › sites › quoraHow Has The SUN Acquisition Worked Out For Oracle? - Forbes

    May 20, 2015 · Software acquisition: Sun had everything conceivable under the sun (no pun intended) in their software portfolio. Oracle retained only Java, MySQL, Solaris, various middleware and security ...

  9. www.pcworld.com › article › 528593Oracle, Entering Hardware Arena, Agrees to Buy Sun for $7.4 ...

    Apr 20, 2009 · Oracle has signed a deal to purchase Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion, plunging the enterprise software vendor into the hardware market and making Sun the latest company to be subsumed by...