Sun Microsystems Inc says it’s no surprise that Hewlett-Packard Co is thrilled about its deal with Oracle Corp to make it a strategic development partner with at least 50% of its internal systems carrying the HP badge, because HP is so far behind Sun regarding its relationship with Oracle, according to Mike Bohlig, director of Sun’s Oracle business unit. Sales of Sun equipment and services for running and supporting Oracle is a $1bn piece of business for Sun he says, Oracle touches everything. Bohlig says he does not believe that Oracle will jettison any Sun kit for HP boxes.
