“I don’t know, it’s hard for me to tell, but are these people in a cult?” Mel Lister, one-half of sibling act Oracle Plus alongside older sister Stephanie Lister, laughs as she recalls one of her ...

In the context of Oracle buying Sun, one asks just one question why? After all, the only common thing between Oracle and Sun is that the former's software products do run on the latter's hardware.

The reported acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle today makes a ton more sense than IBM's earlier failed bid. This new compact, if it succeeds, will bring as good an end to an independent Sun as ...