Will Dell Be Oracle's Next Acquisition?

Oracle has taken over a lot of companies during the last few years. Looking back (hindsight is always easy) it shows a very clear strategy. All - or at least most - of the acquisitions have added one or more capabilities to the SOA technology stack that Oracle was building. To say the least: I'm very impressed with that strategy.

The announcement of the Database Machine and the Oracle Exadata Storage made me wonder where Oracle is taking this now. Will they not only acquire for technology but now for hardware as well? Michael Dell might start to get worried .....