[Info-vax] Oracle and HP end Exadata partnership

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <+37kSKnYIaoT at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
	koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
> In article <P7Wdna3FsvlLIS_XnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
>> 
>> Suppose *I* bought Sun Microsystems.  Do you think that the EU would 
>> have any say in the matter?  If so, on what basis?
> 
>    Suppose the EU said "You can't make sales here."  Now that might cut
>    into your bottom line after buying a company that does significant
>    business there.
 
And then think of the economic impact on the EU when all of Oracle's
current EU customers have to make an overnight change to another DB.
And we won't even get into the argument about wether or not there is
an adequate replacement for Oracle.

But then, that's why government should keep it's nose out of business
beyond when actual illegal activity is taking place.

bill

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