Oracle Snatches Sun, Foiling IBM - WSJ

Oracle Corp. struck a surprise deal to buy Sun Microsystems Inc. for $7.38 billion, elbowing aside International Business Machines Corp. in the latest sign that a few well-heeled giants are exploiting the recession to snap up weaker players. Oracle, which has spent more than $30 billion buying software rivals in recent years, swung into action Thursday after talks between IBM and Sun had stalled,

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”IBMより競合部分が少ないからトラスト法違反の可能性が低いこともありOracleの提案にvoteした。Oracle may eventually choose to divest Sun's hardware businessという予測。（Oracleはhardware operations をprofitable businessにすると言ってるけど）"