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Exterior view of Sun Microsystems offices in Menlo Park, Calif. , Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Oracle Corp. figured its $7.4 billion buyout for Sun Microsystems Inc. could skate through antitrust scrutiny, folding Sun into a technology powerhouse when Sun badly needs the lifeline.

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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, left, speaks alongside Sun Microsystems co-founder and chairman Scott McNealy at the Java One conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 2, 2009.

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Sun Microsystems co-founder and chairman Scott McNealy, left, and Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz speak at the Java One conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 2, 2009.

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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, left, shakes hands with Sun Microsystems co-founder and chairman Scott McNealy, right, at the Java One conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 2, 2009.

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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.

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Graphic shows closing stock prices for Oracle Corp and Sun Microsystems Inc.

A Sun Microsystems sign is pictured at the company's headquarters in Santa Clara, California in this March 18, 2009 file photo.

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FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2006 file photo, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz is silhouetted as he gives a keynote address at the Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco.

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FILE- In this April 23, 2007 file photo, Sun Microsystems Inc. servers are seen at Sun offices in Menlo Park, Calif.

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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2007 file photo, Sun Microsystems CEO and president Jonathan Schwartz smiles during a news conference in San Francisco.

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Exterior view of Sun Microsystems offices in Menlo Park, Calif. , Monday, April 20, 2009.

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Exterior view of Sun Microsystems offices in Menlo Park, Calif. , Monday, April 20, 2009.

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Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Jonathan Schwartz speaks during a Sun Microsystems conference in San Francisco on May, 6, 2008. IBM and Sun were going over final details of a deal that would have seen IBM pay about $7 billion to acquire Sun.

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A sign in front of Sun Microsystems' headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. is seen Monday, April 6, 2009. IBM and Sun were going over final details of a deal that would have seen IBM pay about $7 billion to acquire Sun.

A Sun Microsystems sign is pictured at the company's headquarters in Santa Clara, California March 18, 2009.

A Sun Microsystems sign is pictured at the company's headquarters in Santa Clara, California March 18, 2009.

The sign outside Sun Microsystems Inc. offices in Broomfield, Colorado is seen in this January 23, 2007 file photo.

Sun Microsystems chairman Scott McNealy gestures during a panel discussion at the 2006 TechNet Innovation Summit at the Stanford University Memorial Auditorium in Stanford, California, in this November 15, 2006 file photo.

Jonathan Schwartz, CEO and President of Sun Microsystems Inc. , attends a panel discussion at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Half Moon Bay, California, in this July 22, 2008 file photo.

Greg Papadopoulos, chief technology officer and executive vice president of research and development at Sun Microsystems, speaks during the "Smart Cities: How Tech can make Urban Areas Leaner & Greener" panel at the Fortune Tech Brainstorm 2009 in Pasadena, California July 22, 2009.

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FILE - In this April 6, 2009 photo, a sign is shown in front of Sun Microsystems' headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif.

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FILE - In this June 2, 2009 file photo, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, left, shaking hands with Sun Microsystems co-founder and chairman Scott McNealy, right, at a Sun convention in San Francisco.

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In this June 2, 2009 photo, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, left, shaking hands with Sun Microsystems co-founder and chairman Scott McNealy, right, at a Sun convention in San Francisco.

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In this June 2, 2009 photo, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison speaks at a Sun Microsystems convention in San Francisco. Oracle Corp. on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 said its sales fell 5 percent and its profit fell 7 percent in the March-May period.

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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison speaks at the Java One conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, June 2, 2009. It was the first time Ellison spoke publicly since Oracle Corp. announced in April that it had agreed to pay $7.4 billion to acquire Sun Microsystems.