Farewell, Sun. What a pioneer you were. Oracle will keep Sun alive and possibly even treat it well, but it will never be the same.
The upside of this is that there should be a spate of start-ups soon as Sun folks (and some Oracle folks) head for the exits and try their own thing. The other upside is that Red Hat avoided Oracle’s clutches. Oracle can’t make a move for Red Hat now without raising antitrust concerns. Will IBM continue shopping?