EU: Oracle is clear to buy Sun

Irish Times article on itWow. It's finally happened. Just over 9 months in the making. So now I'm an employee of a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oracle until such time that we're folded in wholesale ( Read more... )

If you want a pre-transition tranny to feel uncomfortable, just post this on a chatroom in work:

( Cut because you probably don't want to see this )

Well, IBM hasn't bought out Sun - Oracle has.

At least it means I don't move business park; Mulhuddart would be an absolute pain of a commute.

(More later - when I'm not in work)

Just posting reports ( Read more... )

( Now that April Fool's is over, I'm cutting this )

http://www.osnews.com/story/21196/Intel_CEO_Confirms_IBM-Sun_Acquisition_TalksRead more... )

As a Sun employee, I cannot comment on the viability of the proposed acquisition of Sun by IBM. My position of an employee does not entitle me to access any information before the investing public do, so I'm in the dark as much as the rest. So, I will not be commenting on that aspect of the rumoured buy-out ( Read more... )

Gah. Potential for IBM to buy out Sun

I'm somewhat less than happy with that prospect (Sorry to the IBM employees on my f-list). I wish I could put my finger on why, but I think it's mostly that the company cultures seem to be very different.

Unix/Opensolaris nerdage below the cut

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Today I saw the link to DeviantArt's Anti-homophobia article, and it hit me the way it always does when I read it. But I thought about where I was and that there were others here as well to cheer myself up. But I had an inkling yesterday about the results of last month's RIF ("Reduction in Force" - out in-house term for layoffs), and decided to ( Read more... )