The big news in the business world on Monday was the announcement that Oracle will be acquiring Sun Microsystems for the sum of $7.4 Billion, pocket change. Oracle are essentially a hardware manufacturer and so some are branding this move as “Apple-like” in an attempt to tie hardware and software together in an attempt to tightly control a user experience through intricate integration of the two, something Apple has been exceptionally successful at over the years.

Sun’s biggest gems include Java, MySQL and of course their operating systems which are routinely used in industry due to its incredible reliability and flexibility. I must admit, writing this post is boring even me so I shall cease transmiss…