"Oracle is, of course, one of Microsoft's chief rivals in the
database and business applications space--a fact that
Ballmer highlighted in an interview in February. Sun is also
a longtime rival, although the two companies have had a
technology partnership in recent years stemming from
their settlement of legal hostilities back in 2004."
The relationship between Larry Ellison and Ballmer is
hostile.
http://gawker.com/tech/ceo-pay/larry-ellison-is-
overpaid-while-steve-ballmer-is-unmotivated-
305833.php
And now Oracle has the technologies to directly target MS
revenues. A great move by Oracle and Ballmer knows it.
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