Tuesday, June 26, 2012

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - Phoenix Business Journal:

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His comments came at a Sun conference for usersz of Java software which he also said could be used on Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreefd to acquire Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7 "I don't see why some of thoswe devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuters quoted Ellisohn as saying. "There will be computers that are fundamentallyh basedon Java." Netbooks are inexpensive laptop computere designed to connect wirelessly and are used primaril y for checking email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expectedd to grow to between 20 million and 30 millionb unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 million sold last year when theirf sales took off.
Most PC makers now have a netboomk model and if Oracle does get into the market it will go up againsrtthe . (NASDAQ:HPQ) and , which either make netbooks or develop softwarefor them. Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptopo runningon ’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operatin system instead of Microsoft Windows, which most makerd now use.

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