OpenSolaris, Linux could merge under Oracle

Posted by Sander_Marechal on Apr 21, 2009 12:18 AM EDT
Computerworld; By Elizabeth Montalbano 		Mail this story
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Oracle Corp. may end up merging the best features of OpenSolaris with Linux once it takes control of Sun Microsystems Inc., but it is unlikely to kill off Sun's widely used Solaris operating system, analysts said today. During a conference call today after the $7.4 billion acquisition deal was announced, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said one of the primary reasons Oracle is interested in Sun is Solaris, a version of Unix that has a large installed base and has long been the leading platform for Oracle's flagship database.

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