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… Oracle have both been threatened. But it's increasingly obvious that Oracle's strategy, buying hardware maker Sun Microsystems , was a huge blunder, while SAP's strategy of buying cloud software companies and offering services around it makes …

… Oracle made 6 $600 million or more acquisitions totaling $13.56 billion, including the infamous acquisition of Sun Microsystems . The company made at least 17 additional acquisitions in the last three years at an undisclosed Complete Story »

… decade, Oracle acquired PeopleSoft (2005) , Siebel Systems (2006) , Hyperion (2007) , BEA Systems (2008) , and Sun Microsystems (2010) . More recently, Oracle has acquired two cloud computing software companies, RightNow and Taleo . I believe …

* Schmidt says talks for joint Google/ Sun mobile platform failed

SAN FRANCISCO, April 24 (Reuters) - Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said in court testimony on Tuesday that money wasn't the biggest reason negotiations between Google and Sun Microsystems Inc for a mobile partnership fell apart.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google's former chief executive, Eric Schmidt, testified in court on Tuesday that he could not recall whether he was told in 2005 by people within his company that it had to pay for a license from Sun Microsystems to use the Java programming language.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 24 (Reuters) - Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said in court on Tuesday that he could not recall being told in 2005 that the company needed a license from Sun Microsystems to use the Java programming language.

By David Zanoni: EMC Corporation ( EMC ) just reported its ninth consecutive quarter of year-over-year double digit growth for consolidated revenue, net income and EPS. This is the consistency of an above average company that delivers on …