(October 13, 2007) - Marc Fleury - who started JBoss in the early 2000, sold it in 2006 and is now retired - has been commenting on Oracle's $6.6BN bid for BEA Systems. "The combination just makes sense from most angles I can think of," he writes. Of Alfred Chuang, BEA's current CEO, he predicts: "It is going to get nasty and he *will* be dragged out kicking and screaming."

In Fleury's view, the bid is well-founded. "The combination just makes sense from most angles I can think of," he writes.

Here is his reasoning:

"Obviously the crazy dude over at BEA is going to put up at least a simulacrum of a fight. Thinking of it, I expect Alfred "I am compensating for..." to put a heartfelt final battle into this, he has probably already super-glued his naked chest to the BEA boardroom table. It is going to get nasty and he will be dragged out kicking and screaming. Alfred will mumble something about not wanting to be Larry's power point bitch, or waxing his boat, or some other non-sense. But Larry is going to make sushi of that board and will feed it to the koi fish he has in his compound and cost more per head than Alfred's car... This one is going to be funny to watch. Pass the popcorn please."