Mr Ellison helps himself.

The article examines the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by computer software maker Oracle Corp. The $7.4 billion deal surprised many in high technology industries, which expected Sun to be purchased by another computer hardware maker. Larry Ellison, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oracle, has cond...

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Published in:	Economist Vol. 390; no. 8628; pp. 65 - 67
Format:	Article
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 4/25/2009
Subjects:	Mergers & acquisitions High technology industries mergers Oracle Corp. Sun Microsystems Inc. Ellison, Larry, 1944- Java programming language software Finance
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article examines the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by computer software maker Oracle Corp. The $7.4 billion deal surprised many in high technology industries, which expected Sun to be purchased by another computer hardware maker. Larry Ellison, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oracle, has conducted an aggressive merger and acquisition policy, and was eager to acquire Sun's rights to the Java programming language.