sun microsystems

A unique opportunity to hear Scott McNealy, co-founder and former chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems, in a candid conversation about why they didn't buy Apple back in 1995.

If they did buy it, "there wouldn't be iPods or iPads.. I would've screwed that up."

A string of acquisitions peaking with the purchase of Sun Microsystems puts Oracle in a position to control more of businesses’ technology purchases.

European antitrust regulators have formally objected to Oracle Corp.'s $7.4 billion US takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing concerns that the takeover could hurt competition in the database market.

Sun Microsystems is losing about $100 million a month according to Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, the company that's set to acquire Sun.

Oracle is waiting to get clearance from European regulators before the deal can go through and Oracle can step in and try to put an end to this loss.

European Union regulators on Thursday launched an antitrust probe into U.S. software maker Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., saying they wanted to make sure Oracle was committed to developing Sun's rival open-source database software MySQL.

European Union regulators said Oracle’s takeover of Sun Microsystems could mean higher prices and limited choice for database software.

European Union regulators on Thursday launched an antitrust probe into U.S. software maker Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., saying the deal could mean higher prices and limited choice for database software.

European Union regulators on Thursday launched an antitrust probe into U.S. software maker Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., saying they wanted to make sure Oracle was committed to developing Sun's rival open-source database software MySQL.

European Union regulators have launched an antitrust probe into U.S. software maker Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., saying the deal could mean higher prices and limited choice for database software.

The company reported results that pointed to the impact the global recession has had on the already struggling server computer maker.