Oracle and 'x86 platform?

I read John Fowler's presentation on the Sun/Oracle merger 
(http://www.oracle.com/ocom/groups/public/ <at> ocom/documents/webcontent/044518.pdf) 
and one thing which struck me is how little mention there is of x86 
hardware.  There is only a single bullet item on page 12 which 
mentions x86 hardware clusters.

Obviously x86 type hardware (and solarisx86) is not going away, but if 
John Fowler's presentation is to be believed, there will be an 
increased focus on SPARC-based platforms as a (the?) vehicle to 
deliver Oracle applications.  The whole system approach ("IBM" style) 
will allow delivering more total performance and value to the Oracle 
business customer.

Does anyone here have thoughts about how the acquisition might impact 
x86 Solaris as we have become accustomed to it?

Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfriesen <at> simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/

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