[Info-vax] Oracle and HP end Exadata partnership

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 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

EU does NOT have jurisdiction!  The EU can forbid its residents and 
businesses to do business with the combined companies but that is NOT 
the same thing as forbidding the acquisition.

I suppose that the legislature might be stupid enough to try it but they 
would be shooting themselves in the foot.  And all the way up to the hips!