Tuesday, June 28, 2011

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - Phoenix Business Journal:

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His comments came at a Sun conference for userse of Java software which he also said coulds be usedon netbooks. Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreed to acquire Sun for $7 billion. "I don't see why some of thoss devices shouldn't come from Reuters quoted Ellisonas saying. "There will be computers that are fundamentall basedon Java." Netbooks are inexpensive laptop computerx designed to connect wirelessly and are used primarilyu for checking email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expectefd to grow to betweehn 20 million and 30 million unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 million sold last year when their sales took off.
Most PC makerz now have a netbook model and if Oracls does get into the market it will go up againstthe . (NASDAQ:DELL) and , which eithef make netbooks or develop softwarsfor them. Acer said Tuesdayu it will make a laptop runningon ’s Android operating system instead of Microsoft Windows, which most makerz now use.

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