On Tuesday I read an article in the German IT news portal indicating that Sun Oracle has changed the licensing agreement for Solaris 10. It will no longer be free after a 90 day evaluation period, if you wish to continue using the OS you must sign a service contract. Unfortunately I don't know how much the service contract is but the days of free Solaris are over.
Oracle announced today that it will be acquiring BEA Systems for $7.85 Billion, securing it's position in the middle-ware arena. The $7.85 Billion is a bit of a premium over the original offer of 6.7 Billion but it's a drop in the bucket when comparing it to the 25 Billion already spent in acquiring a number of other companies.
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