http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/
This should be interesting.
I have no idea what to expect from Oracle re OpenOffice since Oracle is neither IBM nor Novell.
Let's keep our ears to the ground and, if applicable, our eyes on the stock price. ;>
Hi Solveig
It's not only about OpenOffice... What about MySQL, VirtualBox etc...?
I think that Oracle wants to sell a complete package: Hardware (Sun), OS (Solaris) and DB, so there is a big chance to OpenOffice to survive (Salaris needs the capabilities of OpenOffice)
Thanks you,
Ilan
Posted by: Ilan Shavit | April 20, 2009 at 09:30 AM
Possibly Oracle would finally be the company that sees the value in effectively marketing the virtues of OpenOffice? To the correct target audience?
Posted by: Andy Prough | April 20, 2009 at 04:01 PM
Wouldn't that be nice! I have been corresponding with a friend who works for Oracle, who says that they are good at adjusting strategies in a reasonably nimble and sensible way.
Solveig
Posted by: Solveig | April 21, 2009 at 02:56 AM
OpenOffice gives Larry Ellison a chance to undermine MicroSoft, which is his favorite hobby (See "Softwars", Larry's biography). MySQL isn't an alternative to an Oracle database, it's more like a kitset car vs a Mac truck (sorry, but would you run a Fortune 500 company on MySQL?) Oracle/Sun is a much better combo than IBM/Sun as it at last creates a real competitor to IBM rather than the Big Blue dinosaur getting even bigger than everyone else.
Posted by: John Charlton | April 24, 2009 at 09:06 PM
Yup... I think Openoffice could be a winner here. It gives Larry a chance to stick his finger in Microsofts eye.
Posted by: Paul | April 25, 2009 at 12:48 PM
I'm starting to feel the shiver of real optimism. Go Larry!
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