Oracle buys Sun Microsystem

nytimes.com — The Oracle Corporation announced Monday that it would acquire Sun Microsystems for about $7.4 billion.The agreement with Oracle came about two weeks after I.B.M. ended its talks with Sun. The Sun board balked at that deal after I.B.M. lowered its offer to $9.40 a share from $10. Apr 20, 2009 View in Crawl 4