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Tech Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Things at Sun Microsystems do not seem to be quite as bad as Larry Ellison has been suggesting. The Oracle boss said in late September that Sun was losing $100m a month as European regulators put its $7.4bn acquisition on hold. Then, a month later, Sun announced plans to sack 3,000 workers - a move that [...]
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. said late Friday that its fiscal first-quarter loss narrowed to $120 million, or 16 cents a share, from $1.68 billion, or $2.24 a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue fell to $2.24 billion from $2.99 billion last year. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research estimated a quarterly loss of 25 cents a share on revenue of $2.31 billion. In April, Oracle...
Arkytek Ltd :: Blog (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Only $120m. Well done It was a week later than El Reg expected, but the behavior was the same. After the stock market closed on Friday and everyone was heading home for the weekend, server and operating system maker Sun Microsystems snuck out its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010. Revenues fell 25 [...]
Software - Infotech (Free subscription) | yesterday
Computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc suffered a 25 per cent fall in quarterly revenue, as uncertainty over its delayed sale to Oracle Corp hurt its business.
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sun Microsystems continued to suffer from delays in closing its purchase by Oracle and other problems, particularly in the company's server systems business.
Ubuntu Geek (Free subscription) | yesterday
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Arkytek Ltd :: Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Code: Your solace, our savior Exclusive Sun Microsystems has set software engineers seven goals in the wake of new layoffs, hoping to keep them focused amid uncertainty but to also hit existing corporate objectives.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing Full published article at: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/07/sun_layoffs_motivation/
OpenMarket (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The European Commission is once again targeting an American tech company with an antitrust investigation. This time the EC has its sights set on Oracle and it’s $7.4 billion bid for Sun Microsystems. In short, the worry is that if Oracle…
Tech Trader Daily (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sun Microsystems (JAVA) this afternoon slipped out the latest evidence of the rapid erosion of the company’s business while it waits for EU approval for the pending acquisition by Oracle (ORCL). For the fiscal first quarter ended September 27, Sun posted revenue of $2.24 billion, down 25% from a year ago, [...]
bizjournals (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sun Microsystems Inc. said Friday thatit narrowed its first quarter loss to $120 million, or 16 cents a share, from $1.68 billion, or $2.24 a share, a year ago. (ORCL) (JAVA) (JAVA)
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sun Microsystems Inc. said late Friday that sales fell across all of its main product lines as the company continues to be negatively impacted by its drawn-out acquisition by Oracle Corp.
eWeek (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
In an interview with eWEEK, former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos says there is there's no rational argument for preventing Oracle from acquiring all of Sun, including MySQL with its open source relational database software. The competitive pressure that MySQL exerts on the market will preserve the independence of the database no matter who owns the product, Mickos asserted. - While Oracle tussles with the...
InfoWorld (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Shortly after European regulators opened an antitrust probe into Oracle's pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems , SAP CEO Léo Apotheker wrote Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, asking for a meeting to discuss the merger and "other open issues" between the vendors, according to a Wall Street Journal editorial published late Thursday.
ITProPortal (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Oracle could face legal objection from the European Commission for its proposed $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, the Financial Times reported.
eWEEKeurope (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The EC is likely to make a formal objection to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, because of the inclusion of the open source MySQL database, say newspaper…
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