I said in my post on November 12 Larry Ellison should ask himself whether it is even worthwhile for the new Oracle (ORCL)/Sun (JAVA) combination to do business in the information technology (IT) backwater that is the European Union (EU). Why go through the hassle of dealing with EU regulators when it appears the return on investment is so low? My suggestion is to just consummate the merger without EU approval and don't do business in the EU. A bunch of Euroblatherers on seekingalpha.com commented that my idea was anti-Europe bashing. One even criticized the quality of my photograph, which I love because it is a snapshot taken by a friend in front of an old restaurant on Helsinki harbor. I love to go to places like that in Europe and look at the old cathedrals and decrepit palaces. It's just that the over-regulated EU is an increasingly bad place to sell enterprise software and IT. Look at the numbers.
I said in my post on November 12 Larry Ellison should ask himself whether it is even worthwhile for the new Oracle (ORCL)/Sun (JAVA) combination to do business in the information technology (IT) backwater that is the European Union (EU). Why go through the hassle of dealing with EU regulators when it appears the return on investment is so low? My suggestion is to just consummate the merger without EU approval and don't do business in the EU.
A bunch of Euroblatherers on seekingalpha.com commented that my idea was anti-Europe bashing. One even criticized the quality of my photograph, which I love because it is a snapshot taken by a friend in front of an old restaurant on Helsinki harbor. I love to go to places like that in Europe and look at the old cathedrals and decrepit palaces. It's just that the over-regulated EU is an increasingly bad place to sell enterprise software and IT. Look at the numbers.
A nice sentiment, perhaps, and Byron does keep it from being purely an emotional one, arguing the return on investment isn't worth the headache. But it just isn't feasible, said Mervyn Adrian, president of IT Market Strategy. "They need to stay in Europe. Oracle services multinationals of all sizes, so there's no such thing as not being in Europe. Even if your initial contact and first sales are taking place in other geographies, if you are dealing with large companies, they are doing business in Europe. And if they are doing business in Europe and they are using your software, the EU will get involved," he told InternetNews.com.
A nice sentiment, perhaps, and Byron does keep it from being purely an emotional one, arguing the return on investment isn't worth the headache. But it just isn't feasible, said Mervyn Adrian, president of IT Market Strategy.
"They need to stay in Europe. Oracle services multinationals of all sizes, so there's no such thing as not being in Europe. Even if your initial contact and first sales are taking place in other geographies, if you are dealing with large companies, they are doing business in Europe. And if they are doing business in Europe and they are using your software, the EU will get involved," he told InternetNews.com.
