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I took part in this. It was an interesting exercise, and interesting to watch as it happened
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“If Oracle isn’t completely dumb, it will appreciate quite what an incredible asset it has acquired – because this know-how can help every part of its business. Peoplesoft cost Larry $10.3bn. Sun looks like a bargain.” I think that this is excellent analysis of the Oracle-Sun deal by Andrew Orlowski. He is absolutely right that the E10k product was the centre of the dot-com vortex and is what ultimately unbalanced Sun’s strategy (at least, from where I was sitting). Although I don’t know what “Kumbaya hype” he is refering to around open source (especially as I helped write some of it…)
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It’s nice to see BrandThunder making headlines with customised builds – another part of the add-on ecosystem.