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This could be a real worry

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I'm not privy to HP's internal decision making process but some time ago Oracle acquired Sun. As I understand it Oracle have changed pricing models for their database products which put running a database on an Sun server in a significantly better cost bracket than doing so on HP servers. They have also I think discontinued development for the HP Itanium platform.

If I was making purchasing decisions for large business investing in hardware which would be running oracle products there are some good reasons why HP could not be seen as a wise choice.

I don't know how much of HPs business was from database servers but it's pretty easy to imagine that a hit in that market combined with cut price competition for desktops, laptops, printers etc has got to be hurting them badly.

R0bert
Posted by R0bert, Friday, 25 May 2012 6:04:11 PM
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