It's been a pretty busy news week for Ellison & Co.  Looks like Oracle is going to buy Hyperion for 3.3 billion.  According to the article:

Oracle's acquisition could trigger a scramble for other leading business intelligence software makers such as France-based Business Objects SA and Canada-based Cognos Inc., said AMR Research analyst Bruce Richardson. He thinks Business Objects would be a logical takeover candidate for SAP and Cognos may elicit a bid from IBM Corp.

 I'm not sure where this will leave Oracle's existing BI initiatives, but it'lll be a nice addition to the future Fusion applications.

In other news , IBM has decided not to support Oracle "Unbreakable" Enterprise Linux.  Seems like customers haven't demanded it, and IBM has absolutely no reason to certify its software on it.  Here's an interesting quote from the article:

IBM’s denial of support, for Oracle, is causing uncertainty with companies in adopting the OS. IBM sells widely used software (DB2 database, Tivoli software) that corporations use to run sizable computer networks. Without a compatibility guarantee, businesses simply can’t afford to take chances with Oracle.

 

 Also check out Bernard Golden's article about enterprise linux.

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