text: Oracle (ORCL): The Perfect BlackBerry (BBRY) Buyer
  Aug 13, 2013, 12:00 (0 Talkback[s])
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  So BlackBerry (BBRY) has put itself up for sale while also considering a private equity move. Some pundits wonder if the Z10 smartphone maker will break itself up into a mobile service provider and mobile device company. But I wonder: Does a more surprising fate await BlackBerry -- at the hands of Oracle (ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison? Before you dismiss Oracle potentially buying BlackBerry, consider this history lesson.