On April 20, 2009, Oracle announced that it had agreed to acquire Sun Microsystems. The proposed transaction is subject to Sun stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Until the deal closes, each company will continue to operate independently, and it is business as usual.(兩個公司像往常一樣，繼續獨立運行）
This acquisition combines best-in-class enterprise software and mission-critical computing systems. Oracle plans to engineer and deliver an integrated systemapplications to diskwhere all the pieces fit and work together so customers do not have to do it themselves. Customers benefit as their systems integration costs go down while system performance, reliability, and security go up.
Oracle's ownership of two key Sun software assets, Java and Solaris, is expected to provide our customers with significant benefit.（甲骨文將擁有SUN兩個關鍵軟件資產JAVA和Solaris，希望公司能夠以此爲顧客提供更好的服務。） Java is one of the computer industry's best known brands and most widely deployed technologies. Oracle Fusion Middleware is built on top of Sun's Java language and software. Oracle can now ensure continued innovation and investment in Java technology for the benefit of customers and the Java community.
The Sun Solaris operating system is the leading platform for the Oracle database. With the acquisition of Sun, （Sun的Solaris控制系統也是甲骨文數據庫的主要平臺）Oracle can optimize the Oracle database for some of the unique, high-end features of Solaris. Oracle is as committed as ever to Linux and other open platforms, and will continue to support and enhance our strong industry partnerships.（在收購了sun之後，甲骨文利用Solaris的獨特高端技術更好的優化自己信息平臺、數據庫。甲骨文同時也會加強Linux和其他操作平臺的發展，從而進一步領先在此領域中的地位。）
Our customers have been asking us to step up to a broader role to reduce complexity, risk, and cost by delivering a highly-optimized standards-based product stack.(很多的顧客曾經希望甲骨文能夠提升更寬廣的角色來減少技術的複雜性、工程的風險和成本。因此，我們將生產一個更高標準的產品平臺）。 Oracle plans to deliver these benefits by offering a broad range of products, including servers and storage, with all the integrated pieces: hardware operating system, database, middleware and applications. We plan to preserve and enhance investments made by our customers, while we continue to work with our partners to provide customers with choice.（甲骨文計劃提供更廣的產品來產生利益，這些產品包括服務器，存儲器，和整體的硬件操作系統、數據庫、中間件、應用系統。還計劃增加顧客們的投資，與顧客增加合作使其有更多的選擇權。）
We are dedicated to maintaining and increasing the quality of innovation, support, and service that you have come to expect from Oracle and Sun. To learn more about the Sun acquisition, please visit oracle.com/sun.
Sincerely,
Charles Phillips
President, Oracle