Friday, April 15, 2011

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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His comments came at a Sun conferencwe for users of Java software which he also said couls be usedon netbooks. Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreed to acquirsSun (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7 billion. "I don'r see why some of those devices shouldn't come from Reuters quoted Ellisonas "There will be computers that are fundamentally bases on Java." Netbooks are inexpensiver laptop computers designed to connect wirelessly and are used primarilu for checking email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expectes to grow to between 20 million and 30 millionj unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 million sold last year when theirt sales took off.
Most PC makers now have a netbook modelk and if Oracle does get into the market it will go up againstrthe . (NASDAQ:HPQ) and , which either make netbooksx or develop softwarefor them. Acer said Tuesdagy it will make a laptop runninghon ’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating systen instead of Microsoft Windows, which most makers now use.

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