Saturday, November 10, 2012

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Ellison made the comments Tuesdat at a Sun conference for users of Java softward which he also said could be usedon netbooks. Oracled (Nasdaq: ORCL) earlier this year agreed to acquireSun JAVA) for $7 billion. "u don't see why some of those devicees shouldn't come from Sun," Reuterzs quoted Ellison as saying. "Therew will be computers that are fundamentallgy basedon Java." Netbooks are inexpensive lapto p computers designed to connect wirelessly and are used primaril for checking email and browsing the Web. The markett for them is expected to grow to betwee 20 million and 30 millio unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 millioj sold last year when their salesx took off.
Most PC makersa now have a netbook model and if Oracles does get into the market it will go up againstthe . HPQ), (Nasdaq: DELL) and , whicjh either make netbooks or develop softwarefor them. Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptol runningon ’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android operatintg system instead of Microsoft Windows, which most makerzs now use.

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