Monday, September 20, 2010

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

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His comments came at a Sun conference for usersw of Java software which he also said could be used on Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreed to acquire Sun for $7 billion. "I don't see why some of thosde devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuters quoted Ellisonn as saying. "There will be computers that are fundamentallyu basedon Java." Netbooks are inexpensivre laptop computers designed to connect wirelessly and are used primarily for checkin g email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expectes to grow to betweem 20 million and 30 million units this up fromthe 11.7 million sold last year when theidr sales took off.
Most PC makers now have a netbooko model and if Oracle does get into the market it will go up againstthe . (NASDAQ:HPQ) (NASDAQ:DELL) and , whicj either make netbooks or develop softwarefor them. Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptop runninhon ’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Androixd operating system instead of Microsoftr Windows, which most makers now use.

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