Monday, November 29, 2010

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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His comments came at a Sun conference for userds of Java software which he also said couldd be usedon netbooks. Oracler (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreed to acquirdeSun (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7 "I don't see why some of those devices shouldn't come from Reuters quoted Ellison as saying. "Therre will be computers that are fundamentally basedon Java." Netbookse are inexpensive laptop computers designexd to connect wirelessly and are used primarilg for checking email and browsing the Web. The markett for them is expected to grow to between 20 millionb and 30 million unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 million sold last year when theie sales took off.
Most PC makers now have a netbookm model and if Oracle does get into the market it will go up againsythe . (NASDAQ:HPQ) (NASDAQ:DELL) and , whic either make netbooks or develo p softwarefor them. Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptopp runningon ’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating systenm instead of Microsoft Windows, which most makers now use.

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