qazsedcft writes 'In a move the company is billing as its first foray into the
hardware business, Oracle Corp. said Wednesday it will begin selling server
computers that come with its database software pre-installed.' of this story at Slashdot.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison startled attendees at the company's Openworld conference -- as well as the rest of the industry -- with his announcement that Oracle and HP are joining forces to build
computer hardware. It is Oracle's first direct foray into
hardware manufacturing. HP will actually make the line of data warehouse application
computers; Oracle will market them under its own brand.