Sun's hardware business is mostly irrelivant, and both IBM and HP are in the process of switching away from providing hardware (Especially IBM). SPARC was already mostly dead by the time that Oracle bought Sun.
The prize Oracle was after is Java, and they have already begun the long process of squeezing large enterprises with Java "commerical" features flags.
The prize Oracle was after is Java, and they have already begun the long process of squeezing large enterprises with Java "commerical" features flags.