DBAzine 终于改版了.
10g 的频道还在
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Quest 收购 Imceda
Blog 上看到的消息，Quest 刚刚收购了一家公司 Imceda.Imceda 公司一直致力于提供全方位的 SQL Server 平台的产品解决方案.
The acquisition is valued at approximately $61 million, of which 20% will be paid in shares of Quest Software Common Stock and the balance will be paid in cash. Quest currently expects that the transaction will be completed in the second quarter of 2005, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals including expiration of the applicable Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period, and that it is estimated to be neutral to fully diluted earnings per share within the first 12 months of closing, and accretive thereafter.
长期以来，Quest一直在 SQL Server 相关的工具上少有建树．市场占有率十分微小．这次又故技重演，用杀手锏＂收购＂来获得市场的占有率．很多人都认为，Quest 是一家非常会收购的公司.
前一段时间还有人说 Quest 要被 Oracle 收购，没想到 Quest 还活得不错．
Tom的Blog与他的新书
Do you Blog ?!
总算通过Proxy站点看到了Tom的Blog.Tom 的Blog技术内容不太多的，但是有很多关于他自己的信息．比如，这个大师每天的时间安排，生活习惯等．.Tom也透漏了关于他的Oracle expert one on one 的很多信息，比如写作安排:
This month is unique for I’ve taken most of it off from Oracle to work on the second edition of Expert One on One Oracle (to be renamed as WROX went out of business and Apress lost rights to use the “Expert One on One” tagline when they bought it).
Adobe 收购 Macromedia
加了一个晚上的班，还是进展不大．但是看到了这个令人震惊的消息．Adobe and Macromedia．
具体的交易细节如下：
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by both boards of directors, Macromedia stockholders will receive, at a fixed exchange ratio, 0.69 shares of Adobe common stock for every share of Macromedia common stock in a tax-free exchange. Based on Adobe’s and Macromedia’s closing prices on Friday April 15, 2005, this represents a price of $41.86 per share of Macromedia common stock. (Copy from Adobe)
Adobe 和 Macromedia 都是令人喜欢的公司．这个年代用计算机的人恐怕没有人没用过Acrobat Reader,设计过网页的人怕是也都用”网页设计三剑客”．毫无疑问，一个软件巨人诞生了．从04年到现在，并购的消息不断传来．看来，这是个并购/合并的年代．