Larry Ellison’s comments on Sun Microsystems’ past under Jonathan Schwartz ought to be taken with a pinch of salt given that he has yet to justify the acquisition, but perhaps he has a point.

Mr Ellison told Reuters last week that he was “astonished” at the mismanagement he found at Sun after Oracle took it over in 2009 for $7.4bn. It is the latest in a series of incendiary remarks by Mr Ellison about Sun – he once accused the European Commission of causing 3,000 job losses by delaying the deal. Read more