Sun to buy Forte for $540 million

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PALO ALTO, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- Sun Microsystems said Monday it
will buy Forte Software for about $540 million in stock in
a purchase that
will augment Sun's range of network-computing products.
Under the pact, each share of Forte (FRTE: news,
msgs) will be converted into 0.3 shares of Sun
Micro's common stock (SUNW: news, msgs).
Based on Sun's Friday closing price, the deal
represents a 31 percent premium of about $22.275
per Forte share.
Forte shares rose 2 1/4 to 19 1/4 while Sun Micro rose 1
1/4 to 75 1/2 in
trading before the market opened Monday, according to
Island, the
electronic communications network.
The merger is expected to be completed during
Sun's fiscal 2000 second quarter, which ends Dec.
31. If the transaction is completed, Forte will
operate under its own name as a subsidiary of Sun.
"Companies across the globe are 'dot-com'-ing
their businesses at an incredible pace -- by
extending legacy applications to run across the
Internet and by creating new applications to run
across all platforms," Ed Zander, Sun's president
and chief operating officer, said in a statement.
Forte software is used for developing applications
and deploying them throughout a computer
network. Its Forte Application Environment
software enables businesses to create, integrate,
customize, manage and deploy applications across
multiplatform networks for thousands of users
simultaneously, according to Hoover's Inc.
Forte WebEnterprise makes applications available
via the Web, and Forte Conductor manages work
flow.
Kamran Amin
[email protected]
(203)-459-7362 or 8-204-7362 - Trumbull

Answer 1

If you had installed Forte on your machine and try to Sun One in Windoze, you might be aware of some registry conflicts that may arise. Pls. go to the Java Tutorial (Yes the first one) and look on how to install the SDK and all that stuff. Those registry deletions you must do are described there.
By the way, Linux is much more stable so you might try on your Mandrake and very possibly it will run.
Finally you may try to download and install the NetBeans IDE which is the base for Forte and Sun One. It misses a couple of Sun One's features but it runs even without an installer. You can download the ZIP version and install it with the instructions in that web site.
http://www.netbeans.org
Good luck!