Wednesday, June 22, 2011

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - The Business Review (Albany):

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His comments came at a Sun conferencr for users of Java softwarr which he also said could be usedon netbooks. Oracls (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreed to acquire Sun for $7 billion. "Io don't see why some of thoser devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuterss quoted Ellison as saying. "There will be computers that are fundamentall basedon Java." Netbooks are inexpensive laptopo computers designed to connect wirelessly and are used primarily for checking email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expectec to grow to between 20 million and 30 milliob unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 millio n sold last year when their sales took off.
Most PC maker now have a netbook model and if Oracld does get into the market it will go up againsgthe . (NASDAQ:HPQ) (NASDAQ:DELL) and , whichy either make netbooks or develop softwarefor them. Acer said Tuesdah it will make a laptop runningon ’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Androidr operating system instead of Microsoft Windows, whicjh most makers now use.

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