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Oracle to buy JBoss?
Having already acquired Siebel Systems and PeopleSoft of late, reports are floating that Oracle has set its sights on open source application server vendor JBoss.
Representatives of both Oracle and JBoss have not responded to inquiries about this matter, which is standard procedure when no deal has been announced.
While I'm reluctant to write about rumors, this deal would be interesting if it were to occur. JBoss has been gaining a lot of steam in the Java application server arena lately while Oracle seems intent on buying up all kinds of technologies. Buying JBoss would definitely boost Oracle's presence in the application server market.
Meanwhile, rival Java application server vendor BEA Systems turned down a chance to buy JBoss for around $100 million last year, said Bill Roth, vice president of the BEA Workshop business unit, on Friday. BEA did not like the price tag or JBoss's business model, Roth said.
BEA is not sweating the possibility of Oracle buying JBoss because BEA already has been competing with Oracle in the application server market, Roth said.
Stay tuned for more on this one.
Posted by Paul Krill on February 10, 2006 04:36 PM
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