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The sun shareholder lawsuits claim the amount offered for Sun is "unfair and inadequate." The tender price offered by Oracle was generally considered to be a bargain, and came as Sun has been shopping itself around the industry. Additionally - Sun Microsystems, which is in the middle of a $5.6bn acquisition by software giant Oracle, said in its 10-Q quarterly financial filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it may have broken bribery laws overseas. [...] No related posts.]]> http://thejunction.net/2009/05/10/sun-shareholders-file-lawsuits-to-block-oracle-deal/feed/ 0 http://thejunction.net/2009/04/20/microsoft-ibm-caught-with-pants-down-over-sun-oracle-deal/ http://thejunction.net/2009/04/20/microsoft-ibm-caught-with-pants-down-over-sun-oracle-deal/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:36:21 +0000 Site Manager http://thejunction.net/?p=2368
When asked what he thought of the Sun purchase by Oracle - "I need to think about it," Ballmer told reporters in Moscow, "I am very surprised." I'm hearing that Ballmer wasn't the only one surprised by Monday's deal. According to a source of mine, IBM hadn't given up on purchasing Sun and was blindsided by Oracle's move. [...] No related posts.]]> http://thejunction.net/2009/04/20/microsoft-ibm-caught-with-pants-down-over-sun-oracle-deal/feed/ 0