Tuesday, December 14, 2010

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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His comments came at a Sun conferencw for users of Java software whichn he also said could be usedon netbooks. Oracle earlier this year agreed to acquire Sun for $7 billion. "I don't see why some of thos e devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuters quoted Ellisonm as saying. "There will be computere that are fundamentally basedcon Java." Netbooks are inexpensivr laptop computers designed to connecy wirelessly and are used primarily for checkingf email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expected to grow to between 20 million and 30 milliobn unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 million sold last year when theirt sales took off.
Most PC makers now have a netbookk model and if Oracle does get into the markegt it will go up againstthe . (NASDAQ:DELL) and , which eithed make netbooks or develop software for Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptop runninbgon ’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system insteacd of Microsoft Windows, which most makersa now use.

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