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Ellison drops iceberg in front of HP's unsinkable Itanic

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I agree

Yes, if Leo is going to purchase any software assets, why not Ingres? Then price Ingres DB licenses at $1 a core on Itanium. And offer an Oracle to HP Ingres conversion tools via HP Services/EDS. Customers spend maybe 50% of budgets on salaries and maintenance including expensive Oracle license fees. Why doesnt HP use its muscle to strip out expensive DB licensing fees? It would generate income streams for HPS and partners - and allow customers to update applications during the migration process.

And it would give Larry a decent kick in the cash cow goolies.

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HP-Cisco split allows competitors to pick up pieces

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HP and Cisco

Yes, its hotting up out there. We've just had HP discount Cisco UCS out of a 64 Blade deal. Originally we were going to use Cisco blade switches. Now we cant get guaranteed supply of the Cisco c series switches. We are changing to alternatives. Plus HP is now taking it to the edge Cisco infrastructure, offering us free Procurve 6600s, cross training and Flex-10 upgrades.

Its certainly game on from what we've seen of HP lately. We're deferring our Nexus 5K upgrades to see what the next move will be.

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