WALLDORF, Germany, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Wall Street Journal speculated last week that SAP CEO Leo Apotheker may have intended to offer facilitating the Oracle-Sun merger in the ongoing European Commission’s review of the Oracle-Sun…
Read Original Story: SAP Statement on The Wall Street Journal Opinion Piece About Oracle-Sun Deal – CNNMoney.com (press release)
FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)–German business-software giant SAP AG (SAP) Wednesday said it is concerned about Oracle Corp.’s (ORCL) proposed takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. (JAVA) in regards to the future of the Java computer language and as to what …
Read Original Story: Germany's SAP: Concerned About Oracle's Proposed Sun Deal – Wall Street Journal
It’s a fundamental tenet of classical economics that vendors want complementary goods to be cheap and plentiful. It’s therefore not surprising that SAP Chief Technology Officer Vishal Sikka is calling for a more open Java Community Process…
Read Original Story: SAP wants an open Java process (pot, meet kettle) – CNET News
PHOENIX and VIENNA, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Adhering to the theme of "Maximize Your Impact," the SAP® TechEd 2009 event season is gaining momentum, drawing an expected crowd of 12000 customer, developers and technical experts. …
Read Original Story: Photos: SAP Executives Demonstrate Role of Timeless Software as a Critical … – Earthtimes (press release)
SAP has criticized Sun Microsystems for its control of the group that drives Java, just as rival Oracle is poised to take full control of the body. In a blog posting, the company’s chief technology officer slammed the Java Community Process (JCP) for …
Read Original Story: SAP slams Oracle Sun's control of Java – Register
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — German software giant SAP AG publicly confirmed its "concerns" about archrival Oracle Corp.’s pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday, and addressed speculation that the …
Read Original Story: Spotlight turns to SAP in Oracle, Sun debacle – MarketWatch
SAP issued a sternly worded rebuke to a recent Wall Street Journal editorial on Wednesday. Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service SAP said Wednesday it contacted Oracle and its CEO, Larry Ellison, in recent months over concerns about the future of the Java…
Read Original Story: SAP: Outreach to Oracle About Java, Not Help With Sun Deal – PC World
Vishal Sikka, Chief Technology Officer at SAP, has criticised the governance of Java and the domination of the Java Community Process (JCP) by Sun Microsystems. In a blog posting, Sikka says that SAP decided to make Java core to their business in 2001 …
Read Original Story: SAP CTO calls for Java Foundation – The H
What is surprising is that it is SAP, the bastion of proprietary software, that delivers this message. SAP, after all, is hardly the most open-source or open-process friendly company on the planet. Despite early involvement in Eclipse, some interaction …
Read Original Story: Irregular Enterprise – ZDNet
