Tiré du tiroir

En fouyant dans mes vieux registres, je suis tombé sur un vieux article que j'aime beaucoup. Cet article, je l'ai publié dans "Zoom Mag" (pour ceux qui connaissent la belle histoire qu'était ZooM Mag) en Février 2001.

Le savoir n’est - il pas une passion ?

La passion envers le savoir reflète une conscience d’un manque, lequel est nommé par la philosophie libido (terme inventé par Sigmund Freud). En fait, Saint Augustin a assimilé la passion envers le savoir à la passion envers la nourriture : Il a appelé la première libido sciendi et la deuxième libido sentiendi.

Dans le même sens, l’Allemand Bertolt Brecht, dans son livre ‘Galiléo Galilé’, a affirmé que Galilée aime le bon vin et les idées neuves aussi bien que les oies rôties. Aussi, il a déclaré crûment son point de vue en écrivant que « le savoir peut devenir une passion, la recherche une source de plaisir ». De même, Flaubert, dans ‘Bouvard et Pécuchet’, a associé la libido sciendi à la libido sentiendi : c’est autour d’une table que Bouvard et Pécuchet menaient plusieurs débats avec les habitants de chevignolles.

Toutefois, la passion n’est pas le seul moyen permettant la possession du savoir, la persévérance peut en être un. Ainsi, Ménon considéré bête à la première partie de ‘Ménon’ de Platon, se révèle plus attentif et plus subtil dans la deuxième partie (après avoir été engourdi par Socrates).

De plus je devise que la passion envers le savoir, bien que recommandée, n’est aucunement suffisante : Jean Jacques Rousseau a montré dans ‘l’Emile’ que livresque n’est nul suffisant.

Ceci dit, la passion envers le savoir n’occulte pas l’importance de la confrontation sociale.

Conclusion : l’acquisition du savoir n’est pas conditionnée par sa considération comme passion ; mais l’association de ces deux notions à l’expérience sociale excite le coté créatif et pousse l’imagination vers des horizons sublimes sans rompre avec l’efficacité qu’exige la réalité.

Enfin, une question se pose : la passion envers le savoir n’est-elle pas en partie une valorisation de l’ego ?

Charles Aznavour joue à Carthage à guichets fermés

A quatre vingt cinq ans, Charles Aznavour pourssuit sa tournée d'adieu (qu'il a commencée en 2007). Charles Aznavour, ou Shahnourh Varinag Aznavourian, chante sur la scène du fameux festival international de Carthage ce Mardi 21 Juillet (45éme session). L'homme de la Bohème, revient à Tunis après une absence relativement longue. on parle déjà d'un cacher* de 1 millions de Dinars (environ 560 milles Euros). La totalité des billets a été vendue avant l'arrivée du doyen de la chanson Française à Tunis (arrivé deux jour avant le jour j, hébergé au luxueux Karthago Palace à Gammarth).

Charles Aznavour, est venu du Liban où il a donné un concert dans le cadre du festival de Beiteddine. Après Carthage, il se rendera à Colmar le 7 août et entamera ensuite une tournée en Amérique du Sud en septembre.

Son prochain album de jazz, "Charles Aznavour and The Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra", est attendu pour le 30 novembre.

PS :

Le 19 janvier, Charles Aznavour a reçu au dernier MIDEM, marché international de la musique Cannes du 18 au 21 janvier 2009, le « Lifetime Achievement Award», pour l'ensemble de sa carrière.

En Février 2009, le chanteur Français d'origine arménienne a accepté le poste d'ambassadeur de l'arménie en Suisse.

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French Famous singer Charles Aznavour arrived, on Sunday morning, in Tunis, two days ahead of his concert on Tuesday July 21, in the Roman theatre of Carthage, as part of the 45th session of the Carthage International Festival. All the concert ticket has been sold before the singer arrival. The festival has payed 1 million Dinars (almost 560 Euros) for the greatest french singer.

Links : Festival International de Carthage, Charles Aznavour

Mickael Jackson : la torche du pop s'eteint / The pop torch has been extinguished

World mourns pop legend Jackson

Tributes from stars and fans have been pouring in for singer Michael Jackson, who has died aged 50 after suffering a cardiac arrest at his Los Angeles home. Pop star Madonna said: "The world has lost one of its greats, but his music will live on forever." Post-mortem tests on Jackson's body will take another four to six weeks, the coroner said, but foul play and trauma had been ruled out. Police say a car owned by a doctor has been towed away from Jackson's home. Spokeswoman Karen Rayner said he was not under criminal investigation but the car "may contain medications or other evidence that may assist the coroner in determining the cause of death". The Los Angeles Fire Department released audio of an emergency call made from Jackson's house. The person who made the 911 call said a 50-year-old male was being treated by a doctor but was unconscious. "[The doctor is] pumping his chest but he's not responding to anything," the caller said. US authorities have said final results of the post-mortem examination could take up to eight weeks while toxicology tests are completed. Family lawyer Brian Oxman told US TV that he had been concerned about the star's use of pain relief medication. Mr Oxman told ABC's Good Morning America programme that Jackson took prescription pain relief for injuries sustained earlier in his career, including bones broken in a stage fall. "It caused him great pain. He just didn't like to feel such discomfort. He started taking pain medication. It became part of his life." Mr Oxman added that he had warned that he "would not hold his tongue" about Jackson's use of medication in the event of the singer's death. Paying tribute to the star, musician Sir Paul McCartney said: "I feel privileged to have hung out and worked with Michael. He was a massively talented boy-man with a gentle soul." The singer's ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley said she was "sad and confused". "This is such a massive loss on so many levels, words fail me." A spokesman for Barack Obama said the US president saw Jackson as a "spectacular performer" and "music icon", and offered condolences to his family. Pop star Justin Timberlake, who has been compared to Jackson, said: "We have lost a genius and a true ambassador of, not only pop music, but of all music." The musician added: "He has been an inspiration to multiple generations." Paramedics were called to the singer's Beverly Hills home at about midday on Thursday after he stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead two hours later at the UCLA medical centre in west Hollywood. Jackson's brother, Jermaine, said he was believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest. Speaking on behalf of the Jackson family, Jermaine said doctors had tried to resuscitate the star for more than an hour without success. He added: "The family request that the media please respect our privacy during this tough time.""And Allah be with you Michael, always. I love you." Jackson, who had a history of health problems, had been due to stage 50 concerts at the O2 arena in London, beginning on 13 July. Concerns were raised last month when four of Jackson's planned comeback shows were postponed, but organisers insisted the dates had been moved due to the complexity of staging the show.

'Consummate entertainer'

Broadcaster Paul Gambaccini said: "I always doubted that he would have been able to go through that schedule, those concerts. It seemed to be too much of a demand on the unhealthy body of a 50 year old. "I'm wondering, as we find out details of his death, if perhaps the stress of preparing for those dates was a factor in his collapse. "It was wishful thinking that at this stage of his life he could be Michael Jackson again." AT THE SCENE

Michael Jackson was brought here to the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles around 12 hours ago. Earlier there were several hundred people here, before it got dark - there was a sense of grief, of disbelief. But in the last few hours, these people have been singing his songs, dancing, there was a guy on a keyboard earlier, playing his songs for people to dance along to. This has turned into an impromptu celebration of Michael Jackson's music. He's the King of Pop as far as they're concerned. They're still shocked by his sudden death, but they're here because they want to show their support. Following the news of his death, the singer's albums are currently occupying the top 15 slots of online music retailer Amazon.com's best-seller chart, led by his 1982 smash hit Thriller. Bands playing at the Glastonbury Festival this weekend are also expected to pay tribute to Jackson's musical achievements. Thriller Live, a tribute show to featuring the star's music in London's West End, announced it would go ahead. A minute's silence will be held before the performance and the lights outside the Lyric Theatre, in Shaftesbury Avenue, will be dimmed as a mark of respect.

Biggest seller

Jackson began his career as a child in family group The Jackson 5. He went on to achieve global fame as a solo artist with smash hits such as Billie Jean and Bad. Thriller, released in 1982, is the biggest-selling album of all time, shifting 65m copies, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. HAVE YOUR SAY Can't believe it. I'm gutted. RIP Michael, thanks for everything you gave us. Tommy, Cardiff He scored seven UK number ones as a solo artist and won a total of 13 Grammy awards."For Michael to be taken away from us so suddenly at such a young age, I just don't have the words," said Quincy Jones, who produced Thriller, Bad and Off The Wall. "He was the consummate entertainer and his contributions and legacy will be felt upon the world forever. I've lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him."The singer had been dogged by controversy and money trouble in recent years, becoming a virtual recluse. He was arrested in 2003 on charges of molesting a 14-year-old boy, but was found not guilty following a five-month trial. The star had three children, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson II. Jackson's former wife Debbie Rowe is the mother of two of the children, and there is already speculation about who will gain custody of them.He is survived by his mother, Katherine, father, Joseph and eight siblings - including Janet, Randy, Jermaine and La Toya Jackson.

C'est officiel : Tunisiana prochainement en Bourse

Le patron d’Orascom Telecom Holding, Najib Sawiris, actionnaire à hauteur de 50% de l’opérateur GSM tunisien Tunisiana, vient d’annoncer officiellement la prochaine introduction en bourse de Tunis de Tunisiana. Il s’agit d’introduire entre 20 et 30% du capital d’Orascom Telecom Tunisie avant la fin de l'année en cours.

Naguib Sawiris a justifié cette introduction sur la Bourse de Tunis par son désir d’acquérir des engtreprises tunisiennes. L'homme d'affaire a, également, parlé de l’introduction en bourse de sa filiale algérienne qui devrait, selon lui, prendre plus de temp. L'annonce d'une telle décision au lendemain de l'annonce de l'identité du gagniant de la troisième licence mobile dans le pays, le consotuim Divona/Orange France Telecom, nous donne droit à d'autre explications...

Intérrogé à Paris au mois de Mai par l'équipe MaghrebSpace à propos d'une éventuelle introduction de l'ntreprise qu'il dirrige, Yves Gautier, le Pdg de Tuniana a précisé qu'une telle décision dépasse son périmètre d'action et dépend des principaux actionnaires de l'entreprise (notamment Orascom Holding et Qtel).

Orascom Telecom Tunisie est détenue à hauteur de 50% par Wataniya Telecom, elle-même propriété de Qtel (Qatar).

C'est fait : Le corsentium Divona/Orange emporte la troisième licence de téléphonie en Tunisie

Le consortium Divona/Orange – France Telecom, est retenu en tant que soumissionnaire qui a présenté la meilleure offre technique d’attribution de la licence de téléphonie mobile de 2ème et 3ème générations, annonce un communiqué du ministère des technologies de la communication. Divona Telecom est un opérateur satellitaire en Tunisie offrant des services de voix sur IP et de data pour les entreprises notamment les offshore installées en Tunisie. Il s'agit d'un opérateur appartenant au Group Mabrouk (l'un des plus grands groupes privés en Tunisie) et à un groupe Télécom de la Principauté de Monaco.

Le communiqué ajoute que cette attribution est provisoire dans l’attente du parachèvement des conditions figurant dans les procédures du règlement de l’appel d’offres international.

Nous rappelons que cet appel d'offre a suscité l'intérêt de plusieurs opérateurs internationaux dont Orange France Télécom, Zen (Koweit) et TurkCell (Turquie).

La sélection du gagnant s'est faite en deux phases tout en favorisant la construction de corsentiums entre les opérateurs étrangers en lice et des hommes d'affaires et/ou des groupes tunisiens.

A la deuxième phase, deux furent retenus :

- l’opérateur turc des télécommunications, Turkcell, qui va s’appuyer sur les hommes d’affaires tunisiens Mohamed Sakher El Materi, Bassem Loukil et Hamdi Meddeb.

- Orange France Telecom qui s’associe avec Divona Telecom (Groupe Mabrouk)

un succès de taille pour l'administration tunisienne notamment en période de crise.

Canne festival 2009' prizes : Yes We Canne !

Le 62e Festival de Cannes, qui a su assurer sa part de glamour, de controverses et de surprises, a décerné sa Palme d'or dimanche soir. Le vainqueur est Michael Haneke avec Le ruban blanc. Charlotte Gainsbourg nous a offert un beau moment d'émotion en recevant son prix d'interprétation. Mais la comédienne n'est pas la seule française à être récompensée cette année. Retrouvez le palmarès complet.
Michael Haneke a remporté la Palme d'or du 62e Festival de Cannes, dimanche soir à 67 ans, avec "Le ruban blanc". L'Autrichien avait déjà été récompensé deux fois à Cannes. En 2005, il avait reçu le Prix de la mise en scène pour "Caché" - également César du meilleur réalisateur 2006. En 2001, "La pianiste", adapté d'un roman d'Elfriede Jelinek avait raflé le Grand Prix et les deux prix d'interprétation, l'un allant à Benoît Magimel et l'autre à Isabelle Huppert, présidente du jury cannois cette année.

"Parfois ma femme me pose une question très féminine, est-ce que tu es heureux ? C'est difficile de répondre, parce que le bonheur c'est une chose rare. Mais maintenant, je peux te dire Suzy, 'c'est un moment dans ma vie vraiment très heureux et pour toi aussi, je pense'", a réagi Michael Haneke après avoir reçu la Palme.
Charlotte Gainsbourg, 37 ans, a reçu le prix d'interprétation féminine pour son rôle dans "Antichrist" de Lars von Trier. L'actrice, qui a conclu ses remerciements avec une pensée pour son père, Serge Gainsbourg, s'est affirmée "très honorée et très heureuse", remerciant le festival d'avoir eu "l'audace" de sélectionner le film du Danois. Il "m'a permis de vivre l'expérience la plus intense, la plus douloureuse et la plus excitante" jusqu'à présent, a ajouté l'actrice qui a tenu à "partager ce prix" avec lui.
Le cinéma français est à la fête dans le palmarès 2009: Jacques Audiard a reçu le Grand prix pour Un Prophète, présenté comme l'un des favoris pour la Palme. Alain Resnais, qui était en compétition avec Les herbes folles, s'est vu décerner un prix spécial pour l'ensemble de sa carrière.
Retrouvez le palmarès complet :
Palme d'or - Le Ruban blanc, de Michael Haneke
Grand Prix - Un Prophète, de Jacques Audiard
Prix spécial pour l'ensemble de sa carrière et sa contribution exceptionnelle à l'histoire du cinéma - Alain Resnais
Prix d'interprétation masculine - Christoph Waltz, dans Inglourious Basterds de Quentin Tarantino
Prix d'interprétation féminine - Charlotte Gainsbourg, dans Antichrist de Lars von Trier
Prix de la mise en scène - Brillante Mendoza pour Kinatay
Prix du jury - Fish Tank, d'Andrea Arnold et, Thirst, ceci est mon sang..., de Park Chan-wook
Prix du scénario - Mei Feng, pour Nuits d'Ivresse printanière, de Lou Ye
Caméra d'or - Samson et Delilah, de Warwick Thornton (présenté dans la section officielle Un Certain Regard)
Caméra d'or (mention spéciale) - Ajami, de Scandar Copti et Yaron Shani (présenté à la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs)
Courts métrages :Palme d'or - Arena, de Joao SalavizaMention spéciale - The Six Dollar Fifty Man, de Mark Albiston et Louis Sutherland

Le Ruban blanc est un "film extraordinaire" qui ne "livre pas de message, mais dit des choses importantes", a affirmé Isabelle Huppert, lors de la conférence de presse après la cérémonie de clôture. La présidente, qui a joué dans deux films de Michael Haneke, a affirmé, s'exprimant en anglais : "J'adore son travail, son humanité qui prend parfois un chemin étrange, ce qui rend son travail encore plus intéressant, encore plus fascinant. Il entre dans l'âme humaine". Et d'ajouter : ce "film est philosophique en un certain sens, il est totalement moral. C'est ce que je voulais récompenser. Il garde la distance parfaite".
Interrogée sur le nombre d'oeuvres récompensées - 9 sur 20 en sélection - elle a répondu : "ces films méritaient d'être primés, cela reflète nos goûts". Prix de la mise en scène, Kinatay du Philippin Brillante Mendoza a suscité quelques huées pendant ses projections cannoises. Cela veut dire "que le jury l'a apprécié. Mais ce n'est pas un film à l'eau de rose", a déclaré le juré turc, le réalisateur Nuri Bilge Ceylan, à propos d'un film qui montre des images éprouvantes de l'assassinat d'une jeune prostituée. "N'y allez pas en amoureux", a ironisé l'écrivain britannique Hanif Kureishi.
A propos des rumeurs de fortes dissensions dans le jury, la jurée indienne Sharmila Tagore a dit : "Cela devait rester entre nous". Le jury présidé par l'actrice française Isabelle Huppert était composé des comédiennes taïwanaise Shu Qi, américaine Robin Wright Penn, italienne Asia Argento, des réalisateurs turc Nuri Bilge Ceylan, américain James Gray et sud-coréen Lee Chang-dong et du romancier Hanif Kureishi.

A près le Festival de Canne, place à Roland Garros. Daniel Nadal le numéro un mondial y est déjà !

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Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon," a a chilling study of malice in a German village on the eve of World War I, snatched top honours at the Cannes film festival on Sunday.
The Austrian director's austere black-and-white work overcame stiff competition from films by heavyweight auteurs like Quentin Tarantino and Jane Campion to win the coveted Palme d'Or at the world's greatest cinema showcase.
"Today is a moment in my life when I can say I am very happy," said Haneke, whose often harrowing films -- such as "Funny Ganes" and "Code Unknown" -- have shown modern middle-class lives disrupted by malevolent forces.
He was handed the award at a star-studded red carpet gala by the Cannes jury president, French star Isabelle Huppert, who played a sadomasochistic musician in his 2001 film "The Piano Teacher."
Huppert said "The White Ribbon," hailed by critics here and seen by many as a parable on the roots of Nazi savagery, was an "extraordinary film" that "doesn't deliver any messages, but says important things."
The notoriously extravagant festival toned down the glitz for this year's recession-era bash and was lighter than usual in star power, but it still saw celebs like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie sashay up the fabled red carpet.
Billed as a battle of auteur titans, it mostly lived up to expectations, with Britain's Independent on Sunday newspaper calling it "a superior vintage" and France's Journal du Dimanche declaring "the return of great cinema".
A range of other prizes were dished out on Sunday to the 20 films in competition, with French director Jacques Audiard -- who had been a frontrunner for the Palme -- taking the Grand Prix for his bleak prison drama "A Prophet."
Cult South Korean director Park Chan-Wook and Britain's Andrea Arnold jointly took the jury prize for "Thirst," a vampire romance, and "Fish Tank," a coming-of-age drama set in a grim London suburb.
Austrian television star Christoph Waltz clinched the best actor award for his role as a multilingual Nazi nicknamed the "Jew Hunter" in Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds."
France's Charlotte Gainsbourg took the best actress award for her taboo-defying role as a woman driven insane by grief in the shock Danish thriller "Antichrist" by Lars Von Trier.
Alain Resnais, 86, the grand old man of French cinema and erstwhile "New Wave" icon, was awarded a special prize for his half-century career.
Brillante Mendoza of the Philippines picked up the best director prize for "Kinatay," while Australian Aboriginal director Warwick Thornton's "Samson and Delilah," was awarded the Camera d'Or prize for a first film.
Penelope Cruz was among the A-list celebrities at the 12-day annual French Riviera bash, who also included Martin Scorsese and Jim Carrey.
Tarantino's march up the red carpet -- flanked by Pitt and his wife Jolie -- for the world premiere of his long-awaited "Basterds" on Wednesday provided the biggest celebrity buzz of the 12-day festival.
Scandal came in the form of Von Trier's "Antichrist", which provoked fainting, gasps and walk-outs and received an "anti-prize" for misogyny that the festival director angrily denounced as an attempt at censorship.
The late Heath Ledger's unfinished stint in Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" was screened out of competition, while "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi returned to horror with his new flick "Drag Me To Hell".

After The Canne festival, it is time to move to Roland Garros and enjoy the number one tennis man, Daniel Nadal, play.

PS : On the first photo above, Afef Jnifen is between Ddoutzen kroes and Evangeline lilly. On the second one Kerry Washington is climbing the red carpet clebraties stairs.

Unfortunately, it has be done : ORACLE acquires SUN Microsystems // ORACLE absorbe SUN Microsystems

To day, the information has been confirmed by the two editors.

On the Oracle site, we read the following :

"On April 20, 2009, Oracle announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems (Sun). The proposed transaction is subject to Sun stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Until the deal closes, each company will continue to operate independently, and it is business as usual.

The acquisition combines best-in-class enterprise software and mission-critical computing systems. Oracle plans to engineer and deliver an integrated system—applications to disk—where all the pieces fit and work together so customers do not have to do it themselves. Customers benefit as their system integration costs go down while system performance, reliability and security go up."

And on the SUN Microsystems site, the information has been confirmed :

" SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 20, 2009 -- Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun's cash and debt.

"We expect this acquisition to be accretive to Oracle's earnings by at least 15 cents on a non-GAAP basis in the first full year after closing. We estimate that the acquired business will contribute over $1.5 billion to Oracle's non-GAAP operating profit in the first year, increasing to over $2 billion in the second year. This would make the Sun acquisition more profitable in per share contribution in the first year than we had planned for the acquisitions of BEA, PeopleSoft and Siebel combined," said Oracle President Safra Catz.

"The acquisition of Sun transforms the IT industry, combining best-in-class enterprise software and mission-critical computing systems," said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. "Oracle will be the only company that can engineer an integrated system - applications to disk - where all the pieces fit and work together so customers do not have to do it themselves. Our customers benefit as their systems integration costs go down while system performance, reliability and security go up."

There are substantial long-term strategic customer advantages to Oracle owning two key Sun software assets: Java and Solaris. Java is one of the computer industry's best-known brands and most widely deployed technologies, and it is the most important software Oracle has ever acquired. Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle's fastest growing business, is built on top of Sun's Java language and software. Oracle can now ensure continued innovation and investment in Java technology for the benefit of customers and the Java community.

The Sun Solaris operating system is the leading platform for the Oracle database, Oracle's largest business, and has been for a long time. With the acquisition of Sun, Oracle can optimize the Oracle database for some of the unique, high-end features of Solaris. Oracle is as committed as ever to Linux and other open platforms and will continue to support and enhance our strong industry partnerships.

"Oracle and Sun have been industry pioneers and close partners for more than 20 years," said Sun Chairman Scott McNealy. "This combination is a natural evolution of our relationship and will be an industry-defining event."

"This is a fantastic day for Sun's customers, developers, partners and employees across the globe, joining forces with the global leader in enterprise software to drive innovation and value across every aspect of the technology marketplace," said Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's CEO, "From the Java platform touching nearly every business system on earth, powering billions of consumers on mobile handsets and consumer electronics, to the convergence of storage, networking and computing driven by the Solaris operating system and Sun's SPARC and x64 systems. Together with Oracle, we'll drive the innovation pipeline to create compelling value to our customer base and the marketplace."

"Sun is a pioneer in enterprise computing, and this combination recognizes the innovation and customer success the company has achieved. Our largest customers have been asking us to step up to a broader role to reduce complexity, risk and cost by delivering a highly optimized stack based on standards," said Oracle President Charles Phillips. "This transaction will preserve and enhance investments made by our customers, while we continue to work with our partners to provide customers with choice."

The Board of Directors of Sun Microsystems has unanimously approved the transaction. It is anticipated to close this summer, subject to Sun stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

There will be a conference call today to discuss the transaction at 5:30 a.m. Pacific time. Investors can listen to the conference call by dialing (719) 234-7870, passcode 923645. A replay will be available for 24 hours after the call ends at (719) 884-8882, passcode: 923645. A live audio webcast of the call will be made available at www.oracle.com/investor and a replay will be available for seven days after the call ends.

Hello for the new "SUN by ORACLE" !

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

About Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://www.sun.com."

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Les rumeurs qui circulaient depuis un bon moment dans le monde de la finance sont devenues réalité : Oracle achète SUN Microsystems.

Aux dépêches du Nasdaq de ce matin, on lit que Oracle s'est offert Sun Microsytems pour sept milliards de dollars; soit 9,50 dollars par action. Vendredi dernier, les discussions précédemment engagées entre Sun et IBM ont échoué : selon des proches du dossier, Sun avait refusé une offre d'IBM de 9,40 dollars par action.

Les deux éditeurs ont confirmé cette information :

http://www.oracle.com/sun/index.html

http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/

Sachant que ces cinq dernières années la mode, dans le monde de l'ERP, a été le développement de plateformes d'intégration basées sur java, on ne tardera pas à voir un nouveau " Oracle SAP Netweaver "; dix fois mieux que celui de SAP.

En outre, avec le nouveau "SUN by Oracle", il sera utile d'apprendre comment parser un document XML avec une procédure SQL native (sans faire appel à une API) !

Hello for the new "SUN by ORACLE" !

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Obama has been elected President

The 2008' Martin Luther king is he able to resolve the Financial Crash ?

Democratic Senator Barack Obama has been elected the first black president of the United States, prompting celebrations across the country. "It's been a long time coming, but tonight... change has come to America," the president-elect told a jubilant crowd at a victory rally in Chicago. His rival John McCain accepted defeat, and called on his supporters to lend the next president their goodwillThe American people have made two fundamental statements about themselves: that they are profoundly unhappy with the status quo, and that they are slamming the door on the country's racial past. McCain: 'We must work together'Mr Obama appeared with his family, and his running mate Joe Biden, before a crowd of tens of thousands in Grant Park, Chicago. Many people in the vast crowd, which stretched back far into the Chicago night, wept as Mr Obama spoke. "If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer," he said. He had warm words for his family, announcing to his daughters: "Sasha and Malia, I love you both more than you can imagine, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House." But he added: "Even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. "The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. But America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there." Hours after Mr Obama's victory was announced, crowds were still celebrating on the streets of Washington DC and Mr Obama's hometown of Chicago. Several states reported very high turnout. It was predicted 130 million Americans, or more, would vote - more than for any election since 1960. Many people said they felt they had voted in a historic election - and for many African-Americans the moment was especially poignant. Besides winning the presidency, the Democrats tightened their grip on Congress. The entire US House of Representatives and a third of US Senate seats were up for grabs

Below the final results : Obama : Electoral College (349); pourcentage (52.3%); Votes (62,680,702)McCain : Electoral College (162); pourcentage (46.4%); Votes (55,542,743)Others : Electoral College (0); pourcentage (1.1%); Votes (1,534,883)