Hi,
es gehen ziemlich ernstzunehmende Gerüchte, um dass Oracle massiv openSource nahe Unternehmen kauft.
SleepyCat (Unternehmen hinter der nicht-relationalen Berkeley DB ist schon gekauft).
Als weitere Kandidaten werden genannt:
Zend (die hinter PHP)
und JBoss (mein Lieblings-J2EE Server).
Die Gerüchte werden nicht dementiert.
Neben Berkeley DB sind es aber nach wie vor Gerüchte.
Es wird morgen mit einer Aussage gerechnet.
Hier ist der beste Witz bisher (Alain Rogister, Theserverside.com Forum):
Unsubstantiated rumo(u)r says MarcF himself is negotiating with LarryE. Oracle had to rent a baseball stadium for the negotiations as they couldn't shoehorn both of their egos in any smaller meeting room. I'd pay a lot to see that process, it must be along the lines of:
- LarryE: Look, kid, your company is worth nothin', and in that case I can't give more than $200 million!
- MarcF: SMD! You're kidding, right ? I mean, we had 16 million downloads! Even if you subtract the 3 million times I downloaded it myself, that's still a lot of idi^H^H^Hbeloved customers! We might just IPO and be worth billions tomorrow, don't you understand ?
- LarryE: Bullshit. And remember, I'm only buying you to kill the f*ing product, it's not like I'm actually interested in it or anything! I hate this Java crap anyway.
- MarcF: Well, OK then, $200 million and a tour on the boat. That's my last offer. Deal ?
- LarryE: Deal! Slaves, roll over the cash for my friend... say your name again ? What does SMD mean by the way ?
Gruß Axel
