Ryan, What would the FCC have to do with it? Now the FTC is another matter altogether, but I don't see why they would have a problem either. _____ From: ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ryan_gaffuri@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 2:54 PM To: Goulet, Dick; zoran_martic@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Goulet, Dick Subject: RE: Oracle bought TimesTen its often easier and cheaper to aquire companies than grow them yourself. They probably do more aquisitions that are not publicized. Jack Welch grew GE in large part through aquisition. Then of course laid off over 100,000 people. Sun and Oracle merger might get blocked by the FCC. -------------- Original message -------------- > Will Uncle Larry ever run out of ambition? I guess not. So the > question is: Who's Next? My bet: Sun Microsystems. Reason: Combine > the computer & storage with the database engine & OS into a black box > appliance. > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martic Zoran > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 12:18 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Oracle bought TimesTen > > Not sure that many people are aware of the database > called TimesTen. > > Oracle aquires them (not sure is it the same as bought > them). > > http://www.oracle.com/timesten/index.html > > I used to work with TimesTen and it looks that Oracle > made a crazy good move with this. > > TimesTen is going to give Oracle exactly what they do > not have, as TimesTen is much faster in the direct > mode (directly attached shared memory) and can be used > for the middle tier caching, client side fast lookups, > replacement for Oracle Lite and small businesses, > combining into the better HA with RAC, or who knows > what. > > Regards, > Zoran > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around=20 > http://mail.yahoo.com=20 > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l