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Oracle tried to sell Sun hardware biz

<h4>'Unrealistic' price</h4> <p><strong>Exclusive</strong> Oracle's top brass has tried to convince Sun Microsystems' staff that they love hardware. And Sun has described its impending acquisition as "<a target="_blank" href="http://www.betanews.com/article/Industry-in-a-box-Sun-acquisition-will-lead-to-Oracle-Java/1240240226">redefining the industry</a>" by collapsing servers, storage, and networking around its open source softwae.?</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p>