A sneak peek at the Oracle and Sun marketing messages that got dumped. On Jan. 27, 2010, Oracle finally finished off the acquisition of Sun Microsystems, scooping up all of Sun’s wares and business lines: adding “servers, storage, SPARC processors, the Solaris operating system, Java, and the MySQL database to Oracle’s portfolio of database, middleware, and business applications,” notes Oracle’s announcement. The purchase was reminiscent of Oracle’s hostile takeover of ERP vendor PeopleSoft, which began in 2003, finalized in 2005 and kicked off Oracle’s acquisition spending spree. The acrimonious dust has finally settled and all of Sun’s people are happily (cough cough) ensconced under the Oracle logo. Now that the new, combined marketing materials have been unveiled—for instance: “Software. Hardware. Complete.”—it might be insightful to look at the rejected slogans (obtained* by CIO.com) that never saw the light of day. Here are 10: “There’ll Be No One to Stop Us This Time…Not Even IBM!” The Free Ride Is Over One Stack, Two Stack, Red Stack, You Stack Hey European Union Commission….Screw You!! The Schwartz Will Not Be with You It’s Raining, It’s Pouring, Snoracle Is Boring You’ll Pay for This Sun Customers, Why Ask Why: ‘Cuz Larry Says So Stacking the Deck Against You Sun Was Losing $100 Million a Month…Not Anymore [*I made these up, in case you didn’t know that already.] Do you Tweet? Follow me on Twitter @twailgum. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline. Related content opinion What CIOs Need to Know About HP's Acquisition of Autonomy Here's why you should be paying attention: it's a big analytics play that could help lead the way to making sense of all the unstructured data that's overwhelming enterprises of all sizes, says analyst Charles King. By Todd R. Weiss Aug 24, 2011 4 mins Business Intelligence Data Warehousing Data Management opinion Enterprise BI Made Simple Will a simplified version of enterprise business intelligence software spur user adoption? Gartner analyst James Richardson thinks so. By Todd R. Weiss Aug 15, 2011 4 mins Business Intelligence Data Management opinion ERP Market Shake-Up: What It Means to Your Company ERP vendors continue to merge and be acquired at a steady pace in 2011. Here are some tips on how you can protect your company's interests as the marketplace continues to shift, from analyst Albert Pang. By Todd R. Weiss Aug 03, 2011 4 mins CIO ERP Systems Enterprise Applications opinion Cut IT Costs for Older ERP Apps With Third-Party Support Some large enterprises are looking to third-party ERP support providers to reduce their maintenance and support costs by 50 percent or more rather than sticking with their existing ERP vendors. Rebecca Wettemann of Nucleus Research explains the circu By Todd R. Weiss Aug 02, 2011 4 mins ERP Systems IT Strategy Enterprise Applications Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe