Friday, January 27, 2012

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - East Bay Business Times:

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His comments came at a Sun conference for user s of Java software which he also said could be used on Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreed to acquires Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7 billion. "o don't see why some of thos e devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuterz quoted Ellison as saying. "There will be computers that are fundamentall basedon Java." Netbooksz are inexpensive laptop computers designed to connect wirelessly and are used primarilyt for checking email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expectecd to grow to between 20 millionn and 30 million unitsethis year, up from the 11.7 million sold last year when theird sales took off.
Most PC makers now have a netbookm model and if Oracle does get into the market it will go up agains tthe . (NASDAQ:HPQ) and , which either make netbooks or develop softwar efor them. Acer said Tuesdag it will make a laptop runningon ’ws (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system instead of Microsofr Windows, which most makers now use.

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