Rumours have been rife for a few weeks now that open source middleware specialist JBoss is up for acquisition, with partners HP and Novell, and database giant Oracle linked to the company.
While the HP and Novell rumours have died down, speculation regarding Oracle's intentions have reached fever pitch with BusinessWeek reporting that Oracle is in talks not only with JBoss, but also fellow open source software vendors Zend and Sleepycat.
With none of the companies involved doing any talking, the question to ask at this stage is whether these deals would make sense for Oracle.
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