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SAP to Buy Sybase for $5.25 Billion

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on ‎2010 May 13 3:19 AM

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"The German software giant SAP said late Wednesday afternoon that it had agreed to buy Sybase, a database software maker, for about $5.25 billion in cash as it seeks to keep pace with its main rival, Oracle."

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/sybase-surges-on-report-of-possible-sap-bid/

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Former Member
‎2010 May 20 8:16 PM

As much as i hate web slide shows, this one has a few things I hadn't thought of... like the aquisition will give Sybase access to the SAP customer base. Growth of "The product formerly known as Watcom SQL" can only be good, right?

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/10-Reasons-Why-Buying-Sybase-Was-a-Good-Move-for-SA...

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Breck_Carter
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‎2010 May 13 9:29 AM

The new Daimler Chrysler? ( hope not 🙂

Looks like they want iAnywhere more than ASE... http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/SAP-Buys-Mobile-Data-Management-Partner-Sybase-for-...

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VolkerBarth
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‎2010 May 13 10:01 AM

But we don't expect them to move from Waterloo, ON to Walldorf, Germany - do we? - Volker from Germany...

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‎2010 May 13 4:03 PM
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Does SAP have a database server? They appear to be in the 'solutions' business. I never can tell what that is supposed to mean. Anybody know what happens to their product license fees to acquired products? We used to use Crystal Reports until it was sold to someone (not SAP), then the price skyrocketed and we switched to something else. I see now Crystal is owned by SAP.

VolkerBarth
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‎2010 May 13 8:09 PM
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As far as I can tell (we don't use SAP products besides CrystalReports), they have not been very focussed on aquisitions - in constrast to Oracle. SAP has an own RDBMS system (MaxDB, cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaxDB) but that is surely not their cash cow - they are wellknown for their ERP software.

Former Member
‎2010 May 14 12:38 PM

Well, the product formerly known as Watcom SQL hasn't been renamed lately. I'm sure they will solve that problem right away.

Former Member
‎2010 May 14 8:43 PM

How about just "The product formerly known as Watcom SQL?" It has a nice ring to it. Kind of like what Prince did for a while.

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