Oracle-Sun deal : Pros and cons

Oracle is clearly a big shopoholic.

Over the past few years, it swallowed PeopleSoft, Siebel Systems, JD Edwards, India's i-flex and BEA Systems. And now, its mercurial CEO Larry Ellison is all set to cut a cheque of $7.4 billion to pocket Sun Microsystems.

Clearly, Ellison is out to make his company Oracle a global software superpower.

And embarking on "binge shopping" is one of the ways to hit that ultimate goal, say analysts.