Oracle buys sun

 4月20日晚19时40分消息，SUN终于卖了出去，但是买家不是IBM，而是IBM最大的竞争对手之一、全球最大的数据库软件商甲骨文（Oracle）公司。甲骨文和SUN今天联合宣布了一项最终协议，甲骨文将以74亿美元价格收购Sun。而如果不计Sun的现金及债务，该交易总额为价值约为56亿美元。
甲骨文同时表示，Sun公司高层已经通过匿名投票的方式通过了此次的交易。如果一切进展顺利，那么该交易将在今年夏天全部完成。
甲骨文公司表示，在该交易正式完成以后的第一年，Sun将能够为公司带来至少每股0.15美元的利润增加。甲骨文公司还表示，在完成该交易的第一年内，其营收将增加超过15亿美元，而这一数字在第二年内将有望上升到20亿美元。
在评价此次交易时，甲骨文公司首席执行官拉里·埃里森（Larry Ellison）表示：“此次对Sun的收购，将在一定程度上改变IT业的现有格局，因为此次交易意味着，一个一流的软件公司与一家高端计算机公司实现了完美的结合。”
此前有消息称，IBM有意以65亿美元收购SUN，但是SUN拒绝了这一收购，IBM也撤回了收购要约。（普莱）
【CSDN网友评论】又一个微软诞生了。买了SUN后oracle有了操作系统，开发语言，高和低端数据库。还有了服务器，可以和自己的系统做优化，这点又很像IBM的服务器和软件的整套销售方式。oracle和微软还有一个相似之处就是都不喜欢开源。 3国鼎立的时代来临了。他们是微软，IBM和oracle。
Sun公司CEO乔纳森施瓦茨在内部发送的邮件，独家发布，以飨读者。
译文：
主题： 关于今天Sun/Oracle的公告
发件人： "Jonathan I. Schwartz" [email=[ft=,2,][e-mail]][e-mail][/email]
日期： 2009/04/20 19:35
这是我写过的最难的一封电子邮件。
这也是有关Sun在业界未来最有希望的一封邮件。
27年以来，Sun以勇气、创新、照亮路途的愿望，致力于构想和创造未来。无论起起落落，我们都全心投入这些理想，全心投入那些让我们与众不同的研发工作。我们全心投入于以十年计的追索，从世界最强大的数据中心操作系统之一，到世界最先进的多核微电子科技之一。我们从未放弃过商业模型的改造、技术前沿的定义和走出全新市场之路。
因为拥有了无可比拟的才干，我们也以人力和科技为整个行业加油，促成了许多非凡的公司和市场成功。我们的产品和服务推动了新药品的发明，升华了社会媒体，也打造了对世界的更好理解，以及我们周边的市场环境。各位，我们面临快速改变的市场形势和全球经济，从而也经历了近在咫尺的持续变化。我们从不逃避挑战或是机会。
所以，今天我们在旅途又踏出了一步，不过是走一条不同的道路我们宣布，这周末，董事会和我同意了Oracle Corporation以9.50每股的价格现金收购Sun Microsystems公司。所有审阅了交易方案的与会董事会成员都热烈赞成，而该项交易也将完全改变市场环境将两家长久合作的公司结合到一起，打造出全新的未来统一蓝图。
Oracle对于Sun的兴趣一目了然，他们企盼帮助客户简化开发、部署和操作高价值的商业系统，从应用程序到数据中心。通过收购Sun，Oracle将有能力帮会组客户解决与商业运营有关的最复杂的技术问题。
对我来说，收购要约完全重新定义了整个产业，通过打造一家拥有巨大到达率、专业经验和创新能力的公司，重新建构了竞争态势。合并了的Oracle/Sun公司将有能力打造世上最具震撼力、到达力的开发者社区，加速存储、网络和计算方面的内聚力，交付世上最强大和完整的商业和技术软件包。
我不认为该声明发布之后就万事大吉。我相信，这是踏向新路途的第一步，这一步将把我们和我们的创新带向更广阔的市场，从而维持我们在这个世界上的角色。今天宣布的交易，经过后续的修订和股东批准，还需要几个月来完成直至交易完成为止，我们仍然是独立运作的公司。无论这需要花多长时间，这个世界从今日开始改变了。
不过，重要的是要记住，并不是此次收购改变了世界而是推动两家公司发展的人们改变了世界。我花了相当长的时间与Oralce会谈，我可以向你保证，他们倾心关注我们的财务决算中未提及的因素人。这是他们最高优先级的考虑创建足够吸引的环境，让我们最聪明的头脑能够继续创新和创造未来。
谢谢各位在这些年里所做的一切，谢谢各位在未来致力于推动业务将做的一切。我深深为这家公司而骄傲，为我们一起做到的事而骄傲。
随着我们共同完成整合方案，细节也会渐次披露。
乔纳森

附原文
Subject: Today's Sun/Oracle Announcement
Sender: "Jonathan I. Schwartz" [email=[ft=,2,][e-mail]][e-mail][/email]
Date:2009/04/20 19:35
*Today's Sun/Oracle Announcement*
This is one of the toughest emails I've ever had to write.
It's also one of the most hopeful about Sun's future in the industry.
For 27 years, Sun has stood for courage, innovation, a willingness to blaze trails, to envision and engineer the future. No matter our ups and downs, we've remained committed to those ideals, and to the RD that's allowed us to differentiate. We've committed to decade long pursuits, from the evolution of one of the world's most powerful datacenter operating systems, to one of the world's most advanced multi-core microelectronics. We've never walked away from the wholesale reinvention of business models, the redefinition of technology boundaries or the pursuit of new routes to market.
Because of the unparalleled talent at Sun, we've also fueled entire industries with our people and technologies, and fostered extraordinary companies and market successes. Our products and services have driven the discovery of new drugs, transformed social media, and created a better understanding of the world and marketplace around us. All, while we've undergone a near constant transformation in the face of a rapidly changing marketplace and global economy. We've never walked away from a challenge - or an opportunity.
So today we take another step forward in our journey, but along a different path - by announcing that this weekend, our board of directors and I approved the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by the Oracle Corporation for $9.50/share in cash. All members of the board present at the meeting to review the transaction voted for it with enthusiasm, and the transaction stands to utterly transform the marketplace - bringing together two companies with a long history of working together to create a newly unified vision of the future.
Oracle's interest in Sun is very clear - they aspire to help customers simplify the development, deployment and operation of high value business systems, from applications all the way to datacenters. By acquiring Sun, Oracle will be well positioned to help customers solve the most complex technology problems related to running a business.
To me, this proposed acquisition totally redefines the industry, resetting the competitive landscape by creating a company with great reach, expertise and innovation. A combined Oracle/Sun will be capable of cultivating one of the world's most vibrant and far reaching developer communities, accelerating the convergence of storage, networking and computing, and delivering one of the world's most powerful and complete portfolios of business and technical software.
I do not consider the announcement to be the end of the road, not by any stretch of the imagination. I believe this is the first step down a different path, one that takes us and our innovations to an even broader market, one that ensures the ubiquitous role we play in the world around s. The deal was announced today, and, after regulatory review and shareholder approval, will take some months to close - until that close occurs, however, we are a separate company, operating independently. No matter how long it takes, the world changed starting today.
But it's important to note it's not the acquisition that's changing the world - it's the people that fuel both companies. Having spent a considerable amount of time talking to Oracle, let me assure you they are single minded in their focus on the one asset that doesn't appear in ur financial statements: our people. That's their highest priority - creating an inviting and compelling environment in which our brightest minds can continue to invent and deliver the future.
Thank you for everything you've done over the years, and for everything you will do in the future to carry the business forward. I'm incredibly proud of this company and what we've accomplished together.
Details will be forthcoming as we work together on the integration planning process.
Jonathan
*Additional Information and Where to Find It*
Sun plans to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and mail to its stockholders a proxy statement in connection with the proposed merger with Soda Acquisition Corporation, pursuant to which un would be acquired by Oracle Corporation (the "Merger"). The proxy statement will contain important information about the proposed Merger and related matters. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT CAREFULLY WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement nd other documents filed with the SEC by Sun through the web site maintained by the SEC at www.sec.govhttp://www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and stockholders will be able to obtain free copies of the roxy statement from Sun by contacting Investor Relations by telephone at [phone] (within the U.S.) or [phone] (outside the U.S.), or by mail at Sun Microsystems, Inc., Investor Relations, Mail Stop UMPK14-336, 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054, USA.
Sun and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Sun in connection with the proposed Merger. Information regarding the interests of these directors and executive officers in the transaction escribed herein will be included in the proxy statement described above. Additional information regarding these directors and executive officers is also included in Sun's proxy statement for its 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on September 24, 2008. This document is available free of charge at the SEC's web site at www.sec.govhttp://www.sec.gov, and from Sun by contacting Investor Relations by telephone at [phone] (within the U.S.) or [phone] (outside the U.S.), or by mail at Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mail Stop UMPK14-336, 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, California 95054, USA, or by going to Sun's Investor Relations page on its corporate web site at www.sun.comhttp://www.sun.com.
*Note on Forward-Looking Statements*
This communication contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including but not limited to, tatements regarding the expected benefits and closing of the proposed Merger. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements, including, but not imited to, the ability of the parties to consummate the proposed Merger, satisfaction of closing conditions precedent to the consummation of the proposed Merger, the ability of Oracle Corporation to successfully integrate Sun's operations and employees, the ability to realize anticipated synergies and cost savings of the proposed Merger, and such other risks as identified in Sun's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, and Sun's most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, each as filed with the SEC, which contain and dentify important factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Sun assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement contained in this communication.

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