Wednesday, March 7, 2012

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

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His comments came at a Sun conferencse for users of Java software which he also said couldc be usedon netbooks. Oracle earlier this year agreed to acquir eSun (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7 billion. "I don't see why some of thosw devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuters quotef Ellison as saying. "There will be computers that are fundamentall y basedon Java." Netbooks are inexpensive laptop computers designed to connectf wirelessly and are used primarily for checkinfg email and browsing the Web. The marketf for them is expected to grow to between 20 milliohn and 30 million unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 milliob sold last year when their salesw took off.
Most PC makers now have a netbookm model and if Oracle does get into the market it will go up againsfthe . (NASDAQ:HPQ) (NASDAQ:DELL) and , whicy either make netbooks or develop software for Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptop runnintgon ’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system insteaed of Microsoft Windows, which most makers now use.

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