Oracle's open-source shopping spree

Oracle is said to be in talks to buy JBoss, Zend Technologies and Sleepycat Software. If those deals occur, Oracle would instantly become a top open-source vendor, right along with IBM, Red Hat and Novell. JBoss' middleware and Zend's PHP tools could be worth a combined $600 million. Sleepycat's database is in a much lower league, but that deal could be finished this month, insiders say. Oracle also announced a partnership with SourceLabs which makes support and testing tools for open-source software.

For more on the agenda:
- see this BusinessWeek article
- see this News.com article

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