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From: Jim Henderson
Date: 15 May 2009 17:31:25
Message: <4a0ddf2d$1@news.povray.org>

On Fri, 15 May 2009 17:26:15 -0400, Jim Henderson wrote:

>> It still doesn't make any sense to me though. Sun is multiple times
>> larger than Oracle - so how was Oracle able to buy them?
> 
> Because Sun isn't as big as it used to be, and Oracle is bigger.

Also, look at the market caps for the two companies:

Oracle, based on stock price today, is $91.79 Billion.

Sun, based on stock price today, is $6.72 Billion.

IOW, Oracle's market cap is just over 13.5 times Sun's = another measure 
that Oracle is much bigger than Sun.

Jim

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