[Info-vax] Oracle and HP end Exadata partnership

[Arne Vajhøj]

Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> In article <sbxsm.11677$U5.154675 at newsb.telia.net>,
>>>     Jan-Erik Söderholm   <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>>>> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>>>>> DaveG wrote:
>>>>>> On Sep 16, 7:36 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a... at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>>>>> Rich Jordan wrote:
>>>>>>>> No direct VMS connection as far as I know, but its still HP.
>>>>>>>> Apparently Oracle's new Exadata boxes are Sun based.
>>>>>>>> http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE58E80D20090916?pageNumber=2&virt... 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oracle bought SUN.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It would look silly if they did not use their own
>>>>>>> hardware.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Arne
>>>>>> Oracle is "buying" Sun.  Apparently the EU has some questions on the
>>>>>> deal.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Since Oracle and Sun are both U.S. corporations, does it matter 
>>>>> what the  EU thinks?
>>>> It might matter to Oracle. If EU says "you can not do business here".
>>>
>>> And what EU company is going to replace them?
>>
>> It does not need to be an EU company.
>>
>> A US company that is willing to comply with EU rules would do fine.
> 
> And 10,000 businesses are going to buy a new and inferior database 
> package at great expense, install it, and use it, just to satisfy EU 
> rules??  I think not!
> 
> And I think I forgot the cost of converting their data to a form 
> acceptable to the new database.  I've been through similar exercises. 
> They were not simple nor inexpensive nor quick!

The companies will comply.

You do not mess with the EU court.

They give companies fines in the 100M$-1B$ class.

Arne