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Oracle Acquires Sun: What does this mean for mainframes?

When one views the Sun value-add list from the point of view of mainframes, there is no direct impact on the mainframe market. Java is already available on the mainframe, and it is unlikely that Oracle will choke off its availability. The mainframe already has (to a certain extent) an integrated storage/database offering, and will still have a one-stop enterprise data center solution that is more comprehensive than Oracle's -- although the ability to rapidly customize is still a work in progress. And we may note that "mainframe rehosting" has already been effectively rebutted as a source of total cost of ownership reductions.

My conclusion is that the effects of Oracle's Sun acquisition on the mainframe world are very likely to be not only indirect, but also long-term. What are those effects likely to be?


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