{"id":13177,"date":"2010-08-09T21:02:46","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T19:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=13177"},"modified":"2010-08-09T21:24:25","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T19:24:25","slug":"whos-next-in-the-long-list-of-oracle-acquisitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/09\/whos-next-in-the-long-list-of-oracle-acquisitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s next in the long list of Oracle acquisitions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.softwareadvice.com\/\">ERP Software Advice<\/a> has an interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.softwareadvice.com\/articles\/enterprise\/oracle-mergers-acquisitions-whos-next-1080310\/\">summary of Oracle&#8217;s mergers and acquisitions<\/a> for the last few years. \u00a0Here is an excellent graphical representation:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SWA-050-oracleChart-100802.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/09\/whos-next-in-the-long-list-of-oracle-acquisitions\/swa-050-oraclechart-100802\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SWA-050-oracleChart-100802.jpg?fit=500%2C892&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,892\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Oracle merges and acquisitions graph\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SWA-050-oracleChart-100802.jpg?fit=500%2C892&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13178\" title=\"Oracle merges and acquisitions graph\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SWA-050-oracleChart-100802-280x500.jpg?resize=280%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SWA-050-oracleChart-100802.jpg?resize=280%2C500&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SWA-050-oracleChart-100802.jpg?resize=89%2C160&amp;ssl=1 89w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SWA-050-oracleChart-100802.jpg?resize=42%2C75&amp;ssl=1 42w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SWA-050-oracleChart-100802.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But not only that. \u00a0They are trying to figure out who is the next in line. \u00a0If you have an opinion on this matter &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.softwareadvice.com\/articles\/enterprise\/oracle-mergers-acquisitions-whos-next-1080310\/\">vote in their poll<\/a>. \u00a0If you don&#8217;t &#8211; check the article anyway &#8211; it&#8217;s pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p>As for me, I am not that well familiar with Oracle&#8217;s business, but judging by a few comments here and there, one company that they won&#8217;t buy anytime soon is EMC. \u00a0If I remember correctly, because there is some personal affair going on. \u00a0Or maybe that&#8217;s just all rumors and my misunderstanding of it all.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>ERP Software Advice has an interesting summary of Oracle&#8217;s mergers and acquisitions for the last few years. \u00a0Here is an excellent graphical representation: But not only that. \u00a0They are trying to figure out who is the next in line. \u00a0If you have an opinion on this matter &#8211; vote in their poll. \u00a0If you don&#8217;t &hellip; 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