北京時(shí)間4月20晚間消息，甲骨文（Oracle）和Sun聯(lián)合宣布，兩家公司已經(jīng)達(dá)成一項(xiàng)最終協(xié)議，甲骨文將以每股9.50美元的價(jià)格現(xiàn)金收購(gòu)Sun公司的普通股。這筆交易總價(jià)值約為74億美元。如果除去Sun的現(xiàn)金及債務(wù)不計(jì)，該交易總額為56億美元。
在宣布這一并購(gòu)消息的同時(shí)，甲骨文總裁查爾斯·菲利普斯（Charles Phillips）給客戶、合作伙伴發(fā)了一份郵件，對(duì)這一并購(gòu)進(jìn)行了解釋，并同時(shí)希望客戶和合作伙伴繼續(xù)給公司以專業(yè)的服務(wù)和銷售支持。
查爾斯·菲利普斯在郵件中表示，甲骨文將擁有SUN兩個(gè)關(guān)鍵軟件資產(chǎn)——JAVA和Solaris。“希望公司能夠以此為顧客提供更好的服務(wù)。”甲骨文承諾，將加大投入以求更大創(chuàng)新，提升系統(tǒng)性能、可靠性和安全性，并同時(shí)降低客戶的成本。
查爾斯·菲利普斯進(jìn)一步表示，Sun的Solaris控制系統(tǒng)也是甲骨文數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)的主要平臺(tái)。在收購(gòu)了sun之后，甲骨文利用Solaris的獨(dú)特高端技術(shù)更好的優(yōu)化自己信息平臺(tái)、數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)。甲骨文同時(shí)也會(huì)加強(qiáng)Linux和其他操作平臺(tái)的發(fā)展，從而進(jìn)一步領(lǐng)先在此領(lǐng)域中的地位。
“很多的顧客曾經(jīng)希望甲骨文能夠減少技術(shù)的復(fù)雜性、工程的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)和成本。因此，我們將生產(chǎn)一個(gè)更高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的產(chǎn)品平臺(tái)。甲骨文計(jì)劃要提供更廣的產(chǎn)品，包括整體的服務(wù)器、存儲(chǔ)器、硬件操作系統(tǒng)、數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)等。還計(jì)劃增加顧客們的投資，與顧客增加合作使其有更多的選擇權(quán)。”查爾斯·菲利普斯稱。
以下為信件全文，特此刊出以饗網(wǎng)友。
On April 20, 2009, Oracle announced that it had agreed to acquire Sun Microsystems. The proposed transaction is subject to Sun stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Until the deal closes, each company will continue to operate independently, and it is business as usual.
This acquisition combines best-in-class enterprise software and mission-critical computing systems. Oracle plans to engineer and deliver an integrated system—applications to disk—where all the pieces fit and work together so customers do not have to do it themselves. Customers benefit as their systems integration costs go down while system performance, reliability, and security go up.
Oracle's ownership of two key Sun software assets, Java and Solaris, is expected to provide our customers with significant benefit. Java is one of the computer industry's best known brands and most widely deployed technologies. Oracle Fusion Middleware is built on top of Sun's Java language and software. Oracle can now ensure continued innovation and investment in Java technology for the benefit of customers and the Java community.
The Sun Solaris operating system is the leading platform for the Oracle database. With the acquisition of Sun, Oracle can optimize the Oracle database for some of the unique, high-end features of Solaris. Oracle is as committed as ever to Linux and other open platforms, and will continue to support and enhance our strong industry partnerships.
Our customers have been asking us to step up to a broader role to reduce complexity, risk, and cost by delivering a highly-optimized standards-based product stack. Oracle plans to deliver these benefits by offering a broad range of products, including servers and storage, with all the integrated pieces: hardware operating system, database, middleware and applications. We plan to preserve and enhance investments made by our customers, while we continue to work with our partners to provide customers with choice.
We are dedicated to maintaining and increasing the quality of innovation, support, and service that you have come to expect from Oracle and Sun. To learn more about the Sun acquisition, please visit oracle.com/sun.
Sincerely,
Charles Phillips
President, Oracle