"Oh, they’re undoubtedly worth it. When it was trading near its cash position, after all, anyone capable of securing the loan of a few billion was likely to profit even if your intention was merely to strip it and sell it for parts. Oracle obviously paid a substantial premium over the cash on hand, but the value of Sun’s assets remains substantial, in my view. Larry Augustin’s view, in fact, is that Oracle will spin the hardware assets - storage and servers alike - at a sufficient cost to make the acquisition of the Java, MySQL, Solaris etc assets effectively free. While I don’t necessarily agree with that, it serves to illustrate the point: Oracle stands a decent chance of profiting on the acquisition. Mike Dolan, for his part, thinks that Oracle will meet its profitability targets simply with further workforce reductions. The acquisition conversations alone, in fact, demonstrate the value of Sun’s assets" - Iphigenie from Bookmarklet

covers thoughts on a wider number of Sun's products and open source projects than most other articles - Iphigenie