[Info-vax] Oracle and HP end Exadata partnership

[Arne Vajhøj]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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.

That is actually what EU wants to investigate - whether the acquisition
violates EU laws.

Arne