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Dennis Byron submits: The Financial Times reports on the morning of December 9 that IBM Software Group uberlord Steve Mills has come down on the side of Oracle ( ORCL ) in its fight to get European Union (EU) approval of the Sun ( JAVA ) acquisition. Mills confirms what Oracle has been saying: he never sees MySQL in IBM database sales situations. My guess: those 60,000 daily downloads...
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SeekingAlpha Software Stocks (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Dennis Byron submits: Recent 451 Group research helps make the argument that the European Union (EU) objection to the Oracle ( ORCL ) acquisition of Sun ( JAVA ) is a sham. The EU is supposedly worried that the dreadful "proprietary" software supplier Oracle will squelch continued use and development of the sort-of-open-source licensed MySQL and thereby restrain database software...
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SeekingAlpha Software Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Dennis Byron submits: In a November 16 blog post, despite the cursory view of some analysts who say withdrawing from the European Union (EU) enterprise-software market is not feasible for Oracle ( ORCL ), I wrote that Oracle's withdrawal was not only feasible but something Oracle’s board is really obligated to consider. Microsoft ( MSFT ) in fact mentions the option specifically...
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SeekingAlpha Software Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Dennis Byron submits: Over on Internet News, Andy Patrizio mentioned my November 13 post about Oracle ( ORCL ) dumping the European Union (EU) rather than MySQL and then tried to come up with some reasons to shoot down the idea. I have no problem with that. The idea is fair game for argument, rebuttal or even disdain. But when Patrizio says “It just isn’t feasible,”...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... Statute of the ICC, if they have not already done so. Speaking at the closing ICTR President Judge Dennis Byron spoke of the need for the tribunals to share their experiences and knowledge. The ICC was established in 2002 in order to create a permanent international criminal court for the prosecution of "the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international...
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SeekingAlpha Software Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Dennis Byron submits: I said in my post on November 12 Larry Ellison should ask himself whether it is even worthwhile for the new Oracle ( ORCL )/Sun ( JAVA ) combination to do business in the information technology (IT) backwater that is the European Union ( EU ). Why go through the hassle of dealing with EU regulators when it appears the return on investment is so low? My suggestion...
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Dennis Byron submits: With Oracle ( ORCL ) going to the mattresses with the European Union (EU) over its proposed Sun ( JAVA ) acquisition, many analysts are suggesting Oracle walk away from Sun. I am suggesting Oracle walk away from the EU. Larry Ellison should ask himself whether it is even worthwhile for Snoracle to do business in such a backwater. The EU is the place that 50 years...
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beSpacific (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... IWS Colloquium Series, with cosponsorship of the Cornell Law School (represented by ) hosted Sir Dennis Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), who spoke about the Role of the Courts in Protecting and Preserving Human Rights. It was a fascinating evening that touched on both legal and institutional issues, never flinching from some of the moral and...
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SeekingAlpha Software Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Dennis Byron submits: If you follow the growth of content management software (CMS) in the enterprise software market for a living and also follow United States politics as a civic responsibility, your worlds intersected during the week of October 26. The leading related headlines in the blogosphere in terms of most frequent appearance went something like this: "White House Switches...
