Source: CCTV.com
04-21-2009 13:29
Oracle Corporation has snapped up computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems for 7.4 billion US dollars. It trumped rival IBM's attempt to buy one of Silicon Valley's best known, and most troubled, companies.
Monday's deal comes after a month-long drama that entered its final chapter last week. IBM had retracted an earlier buyout offer after the two sides couldn't agree on key details.
Oracle has traditionally been a business software maker. It will now be able to use Sun's assets to build a more comprehensive one-stop technology shop. The deal gives Oracle ownership of the Java programming language, which runs on more than a billion devices around the world.
今天在电视上听到这消息，真是挺吃惊的。对于一个长期从事Java开发的程序员来说，对Sun有一种特殊的感情。现在Sun突然从地球上消失了。。。。，很难接受这样的事实。