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  • Oracle: Buying into trouble

    Oracle executives, customers and sales representatives have described systemic problems that begin with the need to satisfy Wall Street's dual demands of stability and growth--a schizophrenic goal that has driven some companies to practice a kind of creative accounting that has drawn scrutiny from federal regulators.

  • Dirty data lurks in databases

    The consequences of bad data range from missed payments to bungled marketing campaigns.

  • Australia’s best IT employer is…

    After an exhaustive nomination and selection process, ZDNet Australia has identified the country's best employer of tech talent.

  • Sun: Where's the Java payoff?

    Sun launches its annual JavaOne conference with a new determination to reverse its fortunes. For all its popularity, Java has made more money for competitors than for the company that invented it.

  • Locking up Linux

    Last summer, Linux backers at several companies had some explaining to do after hundreds of DNS servers running Version 5 of Red Hat Inc.'s Red Hat Linux operating system were compromised by hackers

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  • MySQL to Oracle: Be afraid

    MySQL chief Marten Mickos discusses software patents, Oracle, making money with open source and why his company is the Ikea of the database world.

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