Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, right, smiles with Sun Microsystems co-founder and chairman Scott McNealy at the Java One conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Ellison spoke publicly for the first time since Oracle Corp. announced in April that it had agreed to pay $7.4 billion to acquire Sun Microsystems. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, right, smiles with Sun Microsystems co-founder and chairman Scott McNealy at the Java One conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Ellison spoke publicly for the first time since Oracle Corp. announced in April that it had agreed to pay $7.4 billion to acquire Sun Microsystems.

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