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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="contentboxhead3" colspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 10px;" align="left">What about disk and backup business?</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;" valign="top" width="300">Image: http://infotech.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?photoid=4498324 </td> <td valign="top" width="410"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="more">Image: http://infotech.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=1784493 Mail to friend</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="normtxt" colspan="2" style="padding-top: 7px;" valign="top" width="100%" height="250">Q. There has been a lot of speculation in the press that Oracle is going to sell some or all of Sun's hardware businesses. From your previous answers it certainly seems like you are keeping SPARC Solaris systems business. Are you keeping the disk storage and tape backup businesses?
A. Yes, definitely. We believe the best user experience is when all the pieces in the system are engineered to work together. Disk storage and tape backup are critical components in high-performance, high-reliability, high-security database systems. So, we plan to design and deliver those pieces too. Clearly many Sun customers choose disk and tape systems from other vendors. That's what open systems are all about_: providing customers with a choice. But Oracle expects to continue competing in both the disk and tape storage businesses after we buy Sun. </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
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