[SD] Oracle to buy JBoss (and others)

News · 02-11-2006, 01:08 AM

tfritsch writes "According to a story at News.com it looks like Oracle's shopping spree is to continue. The JBoss acquisition could be big - what does it mean for the future of the JBoss Application Server?" From the article: "Oracle makes the majority of its revenue from its database and applications business. And it has its own line of Java middleware, which competes with JBoss' software, and a set of Java developer tools. However, Oracle has been warming up to open-source products, including Zend's PHP development tools, over the past year because its corporate customers are increasingly using open source software, according to company executives. "

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02-11-2006, 01:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
News International Forum Great Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 36,112 News came out of the blue	[SD] Oracle to buy JBoss (and others) tfritsch writes "According to a story at News.com it looks like Oracle's shopping spree is to continue. The JBoss acquisition could be big - what does it mean for the future of the JBoss Application Server?" From the article: "Oracle makes the majority of its revenue from its database and applications business. And it has its own line of Java middleware, which competes with JBoss' software, and a set of Java developer tools. However, Oracle has been warming up to open-source products, including Zend's PHP development tools, over the past year because its corporate customers are increasingly using open source software, according to company executives. " [SD] __________________ Please comment the news by answering to it here, merci de commenter les nouvelles en les commentant ici.
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