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[News] Sun Targets Education with Free Software

  • Subject: [News] Sun Targets Education with Free Software
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:41:21 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Sun Microsystems Showcases Open Source Technologies at Educause 2009

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| Showcasing its Open Computing portfolio and 
| partner solutions at the Educause Conference 
| 2009, Sun Microsystems is reinforcing its 
| position as a leader in open source 
| technologies for the education community. It 
| today announced that Columbia University 
| will use an open source Sun solution to run 
| its digital preservation project, and also 
| that the University of Zurich is deploying 
| Project Wonderland projects to advance an 
| ambitious global eLearning initiative.
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http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=199780&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&menuName=News&sId=273&sInfo=Y

Report: Oracle not yielding to EU with Sun buy

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| EU antitrust regulators are concerned that 
| Oracle, which has a large business in 
| proprietary software, won't be a good home 
| for Sun's open-source MySQL database 
| business. According to the report, Oracle is 
| unyielding, offering no concessions to deal 
| with the EU's concerns.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10389918-264.html


Recent:

EU to Oracle: MySQL is sore point in Sun deal

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| Europe's head of competition has criticized
| Oracle for what she characterised as a lack
| of cooperation over the investigation of
| Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun
| Microsystems, a spokesman for the European
| Commission said.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-department/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsid=17230
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