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Larry Ellison endorses SPARC, criticizes IBM's Power architecture
tgdaily.com - 10/12/2009
Larry Ellison endorses SPARC, criticizes IBM's Power architecture
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has criticized IBM's Power chip architecture. According to Ellison, Oracle and Sun recently routed Big Blue in an OLTP (online transaction processing) speed test.
kevinclosson.wordpress.com - 10/16/2009
Why Doesn’t Oracle Offer Exadata Related Partner Programs?
— kevinclosson.wordpress.com — …there is, in fact, a new Partner Program… This is just a quick blog entry to point... folks to what I think is a very important Oracle press release. On October 12, Oracle announced the creation of the Oracle Exadata Partner Program. While at Open World this week I spoke with a few of my friends ... (more) Why Doesn’t Oracle Offer Exadata Related Partner Programs?

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IBM Has Strong Third Quarter, Expects Shares to Rise in 2010
maximumpc.com - 10/16/2009
IBM Has Strong Third Quarter, Expects Shares to Rise in 2010
— maximumpc.com — IBM on Thursday posted its third quarter results, and for the most part, it was all good... news for Big Blue. Compared to last year, the company posted better numbers pretty much across the board. IBM report third quarter diluted earnings of $2.40 per share, up 18 percent over last year's ... (more) IBM Has Strong Third Quarter, Expects Shares to Rise in 2010

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monty-says.blogspot.com - 10/20/2009
Press release concerning Oracle/Sun
— monty-says.blogspot.com — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MYSQL FOUNDER OUTLINES SOLUTION: INSTEAD OF LETTING SUN SUFFER, ORACLE SHOULD SELL MYSQL (ORCL,... JAVA) Michael 'Monty' Widenius says European Commission is "absolutely right to be concerned" about proposed merger between ... (more) Press release concerning Oracle/Sun

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Columbus Day Shortbread
The Tech Report: News — Columbus Day Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 3:25 PM on October 12, 2009 Columbus Day TechFlash reports Microsoft says it had Sidekick data backup, but it was hit , too Fudzilla reports Nvidia partners discontinued GTX 285 and 275 and AMD plans 3 next gen mobile chips TG Daily reports hp takes on Apple with music notebook and Larry Ellison endorses SPARC, criticizes IBM's Power architecture NordicHardware reports Intel presents Self Tuning processor Acer sees revenue up as tech demand returns Microsoft CEO Steve ...

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