北京時間4月20晚間消息，甲骨文（Oracle）和Sun聯合宣布，兩家公司已經達成一項最終協議，甲骨文將以每股9.50美元的價格現金收購Sun公司的普通股。這筆交易總價值約為74億美元。如果除去Sun的現金及債務不計，該交易總額為56億美元。
在宣布這一并購消息的同時，甲骨文總裁查爾斯·菲利普斯（Charles Phillips）給客戶、合作伙伴發了一份郵件，對這一并購進行了解釋，并同時希望客戶和合作伙伴繼續給公司以專業的服務和銷售支持。
查爾斯·菲利普斯在郵件中表示，甲骨文將擁有SUN兩個關鍵軟件資產——JAVA和Solaris。“希望公司能夠以此為顧客提供更好的服務。”甲骨文承諾，將加大投入以求更大創新，提升系統性能、可靠性和安全性，并同時降低客戶的成本。
查爾斯·菲利普斯進一步表示，Sun的Solaris控制系統也是甲骨文數據庫的主要平臺。在收購了sun之后，甲骨文利用Solaris的獨特高端技術更好的優化自己信息平臺、數據庫。甲骨文同時也會加強Linux和其他操作平臺的發展，從而進一步領先在此領域中的地位。
“很多的顧客曾經希望甲骨文能夠減少技術的復雜性、工程的風險和成本。因此，我們將生產一個更高標準的產品平臺。甲骨文計劃要提供更廣的產品，包括整體的服務器、存儲器、硬件操作系統、數據庫等。還計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。”查爾斯·菲利普斯稱。
以下為信件全文，特此刊出以饗網友。
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