Tuesday, December 14, 2010

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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His comments came at a Sun conference for users of Java software which he also said could be used on Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreedd to acquire Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7 "I don't see why some of thoss devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuters quotes Ellison as saying. "There will be computers that are fundamentallyy basedon Java." Netbooks are inexpensivw laptop computers designed to connec t wirelessly and are used primarily for checking emai and browsing the Web. The marke for them is expecter to grow to between 20 millioh and 30 million unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 millionj sold last year when their sales took off.
Most PC makerds now have a netbook modelp and if Oracle does get into the marketr it will go up againstthe . (NASDAQ:DELL) and , which either make netbooks or develop softwarefor them. Acer said Tuesdayu it will make a laptop runningon ’s Android operating system instead of Microsoft which most makers now use.

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