Friday, November 11, 2011

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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His comments came at a Sun conference for usersz of Java software whichy he also said could be used on Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreed to acquirw Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7 billion. "o don't see why some of those devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuterss quoted Ellison as saying. "There will be computerws that are fundamentally basedon Java." Netbooks are inexpensivr laptop computers designed to connecft wirelessly and are used primarily for checkingv email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expectex to grow to between 20 million and 30 millionh unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 milliohn sold last year when their salex took off.
Most PC makers now have a netbook model and if Oraclw does get into the market it will go up againsfthe . (NASDAQ:HPQ) (NASDAQ:DELL) and , which either make netbooks or developo softwarefor them. Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptolp runningon ’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system insteadx of Microsoft Windows, which most makers now use.

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