Category: Oracle

Oracle vs Google

Hoje eu decidi me atualizar sobre essa briga juridica entre Oracle vs Google, já que cada dia mais o Android está presente na minha vida.

Um artigo da lista the must read é Oracle vs Google: entrevista com Bruno Souza. Depois de entender e ter um overwiew e tentar entender o que está acontecendo, aconselho a ler também.

Details from Oracle’s Complaint Against Google na OSnews

Quite the firestorm – Escrito pelo James Gosling.

Mas se você quer entender de uma vez what’s going on nessa batalhar entre Oracle e Google no que se refere ao Android, aconselho a ler My Thoughts on Oracle v Google por Charles Nutter.

Kleber Rodrigo Carvalho

Quem é lider em servidores?

HP passa IBM na liderança do mercado de servidores

Fabricante faturou US$ 3,4 bilhões no primeiro trimestre deste ano; empresa também lidera no número de servidores embarcados

No primeiro trimestre de 2010, a HP tomou a dianteira na liderança no mercado global de servidores, de acordo com a consultoria Gartner que tomou como base o faturamento das companhias com este segmento. As receitas da fabricante alcançaram US$ 3,4 bilhões e passaram a representar 31,5% do total do mercado. Com isto, a IBM caiu da primeira para a segunda colocação – hoje a Big Blue detém 28,4% de market share. No mesmo período de 2009, a HP tinha 28,8% do mercado, enquanto a IBM liderava com 30,7%.

O Gartner atribui a queda da IBM ao fato de os clientes terem preferido não comprar neste momento mainframe e a linha Unix, uma vez que a empresa se prepara para lançar a próxima geração mais adiante neste ano.

Os cinco fornecedores globais de servidores mais bem-colocados são, respectivamente: HP, IBM, Dell, Fujitsu e Oracle.

Continue lendo aqui.

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Larry Ellison, da Oracle, declara guerra contra IBM e SAP

Acabei de ler essa reportagem Larry Ellison, da Oracle, declara guerra contra IBM e SAP, e decidi postar alguns pontos interessantes aqui.

Recomendo a leitura completa no artigo original.

o CEO da Oracle, Larry Ellison, ousadamente, declarou guerra contra as duas empresas atualmente líderes nos mercados-chave: a IBM, em servidores avançados, e a SAP, em aplicativos corporativos

Ellison compôs seu ataque à SAP com base no que disse sobre as três falhas-chave na estratégia da empresa: 1) tecnologia antiga e pouco competitiva da SAP; 2) ausência de aplicativos específicos para indústria; 3) tentativa desfocada de recuperar crescimento ao tentar vender software de ERP para pequenas e médias empresas.

Em aplicativos, a SAP é a líder. Mas a tecnologia que eles usam para esses aplicativos é uma tecnologia proprietária – uma linguagem de programação alemã chamada ABAP. É uma tecnologia de 25 anos que ainda é o centro de sua arquitetura e estratégia para aplicativos futuros, essa ABAP”, disse Ellison. “O centro da nossa estratégia, pensando no futuro, é Java e uma moderna arquitetura orientada a serviço.

“Me perdoem por falar tanto, mas, neste momento, a estratégia deles é tentar vender ERP para seus clientes com menos de 100 funcionários – essa é a nova estratégia deles, Business ByDesign, que, acredito, esteja atrasada uns três anos – e, caso seja bem-sucedida, não dá pra ganhar muito vendendo para empresas com menos de 100 funcionários”, disse.

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GlassFish after Oracle acquisition

I have heard a lot of people worry about the future of Java, MySQL, Netbeans and GlassFish after that Oracle acquired Sun.

Today I read Adam Bien’s Weblog :

…Oracle GlassFish Server is part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware application grid portfolio and is ideally suited for applications requiring lightweight infrastructure with the most up-to-date implementation of enterprise Java, Java EE 6, and Java Web services. Oracle GlassFish Server complements Oracle WebLogic Server, which is designed to run the broader portfolio of Oracle Fusion Middleware and large-scale enterprise applications…”Read the whole paper.

I admire Sun. They created those awesome products such as Java, Netbean, GlassFish, VirtualBox and son on, however I have to admit that Sun business model wasn’t working.

If you still believe that Sun business model worked, answer me, why did shareholder approve to sale Sun to Oracle?

Do you sell your company or company share if it is still profit?

No, I don’t. I just sell it if I have losses.

I’m not concerned about the future of Java, MySQL, Netbeans and GlassFish, however I make sure that Oracle will change the business model behind of these products.

I advise Oracle to keep up the open source communities that maintain these products so beloved by developers and open source enthusiast; however Oracle need to profit through these products. To keep an open source product alive, they need to spend money.

I advise Oracle to keep up the open source communities that maintain these products so beloved by developers and open source enthusiast

How much does IBM spend to keep Geronimo community active? There are a couple of IBM employees working on this open source project.

How much did Sun spend to keep GlassFish or Netbeans community active? There were a couple of Sun employees working on this open source project too.

How much will Oracle spend to keep GlassFish or Nebeans community push on? There are many Sun-Oracle employees working on this open source project too.

In a successful manner open source projects such as Eclipse, Linux, and so forth survive nowadays, because there are a lot of companies investing money, time, and resources in these products. For instance, a couple of IBM Rational products are based on Eclipse. How many companies release hardware and software products based on Linux?

All those companies that are investing in open source products are interested for some reason on these open source products, I can bet the reason is these open source products are helping their business model.

Open source products are helping their business model.

I think Oracle plans the same to GlassFish. The same that IBM does about Geronimo or WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (based on Geronimo).

The same that Red Hat does about its Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora as well as SUSE pair does on SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE.

I’m not worry about, since now Oracle GlassFish Server is part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware application grid portfolio. As Java developer and Architect I really support that Oracle and IBM offer for purchase their application servers and spread their Java portfolio.

I really want that Oracle to keep up the open source communities that maintain these products so beloved by developers and open source enthusiast, and also improve them (products and communities)

Kleber Rodrigo de Carvalho

Larry Ellison on the Future of Java

Larry Elisson spoke about Oracle acquisition of Sun and mentioned about the Future of Java.

Take a look:
Larry Ellison on the Future of Java: “Expanded Investment” – Video

Oracle ACE Director Lucas Jellema has posted a succinct summary of this appearance as well.

I already posted some links about Oracle acquisition of Sun:

What will Oracle’s Planned Acquisition of Sun Mean for Java
Java 7, What will be the future with Oracle/Sun merge
Oracle Adds New Exhibit to Java Technology Museum
Oracle Wants To Be The Apple Of The Enterprise, But It Just Became IBM
Oracle to put Java at its heart
Oracle/Sun: The end of Java as we know it?
Oracle’s Sun buy: Ellison praises Solaris, Java

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What will Oracle’s Planned Acquisition of Sun Mean for Java

What will Oracle’s Planned Acquisition of Sun Mean for Java

Whilst Sun Microsystems and Oracle are hailing Oracle’s purchase of Sun as a huge boost for Java many in the community are not so sure, wondering what kind of control Oracle will seek to exert over the platform. Continue reading it here.

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Oracle to put Java at its heart

Boy, it sure was polite of Sun and Oracle to wait until the day I got back from my vacation to announce their merger, wasn’t it? I fulminated gloomily about this possibility before I left, but now that I’ve spent a day absorbing the news, I’m … slightly less gloomy. Continue reading it here.

Kleber Rodrigo de Carvalho

Oracle/Sun: The end of Java as we know it?

A community weighs the pros and cons of Oracle’s new claim on Java.

While Oracle and Sun Microsystems are hailing Oracle’s purchase of Sun as a big boost for Java, others are not so sure. Some with stake in the Java ecosystem are questioning what kind of control Oracle might try to exercise over the popular software development platform, which has driven enterprise applications since its debut in 1995. Observers also expect Oracle to make a go of trying to make more money off of Java than Sun ever could. Continue reading it here.

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Oracle’s Sun buy: Ellison praises Solaris, Java

Oracle CEO cites Java, Solaris as key components of acquisition.

Oracle may have decided to buy Sun Microsystems because it was worth far more to the database market leader than it was to IBM. It’s not a question of the price — at $7.4 billion, Oracle didn’t agree to pay much more than what IBM reportedly was considering. But Oracle may have more use for Sun’s technology than IBM ever did. Continue reading it here.

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