" Following Oracle Corporation's acquisition of Sun Microsystems in 2009 – 2010, Oracle has described itself as the " steward of Java technology with a relentless commitment to fostering a community of participation and transparency ".

Following GEC's acquisition of Marconi as part of English Electric in 1968 the Marconi brand was used for its defence businesses e. g. Marconi Space & Defence Systems ( MSDS ), Marconi Underwater Systems Ltd ( MUSL ).

Following extensive merger and acquisition activity in the 1990s and 2000s, international markets are dominated by five firms, in alphabetical order: Altria, British American Tobacco ( represented in the U. S. market by a 42 % stake in Reynolds American, Inc .), Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco, and Philip Morris International.

Following the acquisition of TSN in 2001, sports programming on CTV adopted a variant of TSN's then-new ESPN-style branding, which was predominantly a darker red.

Following the acquisition of Sun by Oracle, StarOffice and StarSuite became known as Oracle Open Office for the 3. 3 release.

Following Disney's $ 4-billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment in 2010, and Cook was succeeded by Rich Ross.

Following their acquisition of the patent, all English and Welsh lightvessels were maintained by Trinity House, with the exception of the four vessels in the approaches to the River Mersey, which were maintained by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board until 1973, and those in the Humber Estuary, which were the responsibility of the Humber Conservancy Board.

Following the acquisition of Grolier in 2000, the encyclopedia has been produced by Scholastic.

Following acquisition by the Great Ouse Catchment Board, locks at Barton Mills and Icklingham were rebuilt in the 1960s, but were isolated when the A11 road bridge was lowered soon afterwards.

Following acquisition by a railway company in 1856, it gradually declined, the southern section being un-navigable by 1945, and the northern section little better.

Following Boeing's 1996 acquisition of Rockwell's North American division, McDonnell Douglas merged with Boeing in August 1997 in a US $ 13 billion stock-swap to create The Boeing Company.

Following a corporate break-up in the late 1980s involving the acquisition of RCA by General Electric and disposition of the divisions of RCA to numerous third-parties, RCA's photomultiplier business became an independent company.

Following the acquisition, Photonis was composed of Photonis Netherlands, Photonis France, Photonis USA, and Burle Industries.

Following the acquisition of WWN by TWW, the Western Avenue base was closed, with all operations moved to TWW's Pontcanna base, also in Cardiff.

Following the acquisition of WWN, their Teledu Cymru branding was utilised by TWW for the North and West Wales service.

Following the acquisition and up until 2004, ING's investment banking division was called ING Barings, at which point it severed its ties with the Barings name and combined with ING's other commercial banking operations.

Following Court Line's takeover of Clarksons the previous year for a nominal £ 1 ( excluding a £ 3. 4 million " subsidy " from the airline's parent company to cover the tour operator's projected 1973 loss ), it purchased the Horizon group's goodwill for £ 600, 000 — including the acquisition of 58 % of Horizon Midlands for £ 400, 000 — from the administrator.

Following its acquisition by the Rainmaker Income Fund in 2006 Mainframe Entertainment was renamed Rainmaker Animation.

Following America West Airlines ' acquisition of US Airways in a reverse takeover, Charlotte ( CLT ) remains the primary domestic hub for the airline.

Following Mac's acquisition by Couche-Tard In 1999, it was changed to the winking owl named Hibou ( seen above ), which was the mascot for the Winks chain of convenience stores and gas stations.

Following an acquisition by Titus Software, Interplay was nearing bankruptcy in 2004 but continued operations, even after the liquidation of Titus.

Following completion of its acquisition of A & P Canada on August 15, 2005, after beating out Sobeys in a bidding war, Metro now has a network in Quebec and Ontario of 573 conventional and discount food stores, and 256 pharmacies.

Following the acquisition of XenSource, Inc. in October 2007, Citrix spearheads the Xen open source hypervisor project.

Following the 1831 Nat Turner slave rebellion, a state convention was called to pass a new constitution, including provisions to disfranchise free people of color.

Following the Super League war of the 1990s Crowe made an attempt to use his Hollywood connections to convince Ted Turner, rival of Super League's Rupert Murdoch, to save the Rabbitohs before they were forced from the National Rugby League competition for two years.

Following his father's March 1963 suicide, Turner became president and chief executive of Turner Advertising Company when he was 24 and turned the firm into a global enterprise.

Following the game, as he regularly did when in Chicago, Bostock visited his uncle, Thomas Turner, in nearby Gary, Indiana.

Following the canned The Sea Wolf project, Turner and Gable were set to star in The Uniform in December 1940.

Following the end of her Twenty Four Seven Tour in 2000, Turner made another Guinness World Record by selling more concert tickets than any solo performer in history at the time.

Following this, he revived the Kings of Rhythm in 2001 and released the " comeback " album, Here & Now, which won Turner a Grammy nomination.

Following a succession of different managers during the crises of the previous three years, a new era of managerial stability began on 7 October 1986 when Wolves appointed Graham Turner as their new manager.

Following a title change to Indiscretions, the play was reworked and transferred to Broadway in 1995, where Law acted opposite Kathleen Turner, Roger Rees, and Cynthia Nixon.

Following this, McMahon joined the cast of the WB's supernatural hit show Charmed, playing the conflicted half-demon / half-human Cole Turner from 2000 to 2003, and returned for one episode in 2005.

Following the passing of a number of non-discrimination policies on the grounds of sexuality in the late 1980s, the council was pioneering work in the advancement of lesbian and gay rights ( along with a HIV / AIDS unit, sympathetic press and marketing officers like Chris Payne and Tony Cross, an ' Equality Group ' which appointed lesbians ' and gay men's officers, including Paul Fairweather, Marcus Woolley, Chris Root, Maggie Turner, Terry Waller and Mark Ovenden ) and many key departments like Libraries, Children's Services and Housing ), much official emphasis was placed on strengthening the community element of the Village.

Following his separation from Annabella, Power entered into a love affair with Lana Turner which lasted for a couple of years.

Following the failure of the invasion, Kennedy expressed regret that more information about the invasion plan was not published, telling Times reporter Turner Catledge, “ If you had printed more about the operation, you would have saved us from a colossal mistake .”

Following a group relationship with Donell Turner, all members of the Band decided to call it a day.

Following the Olympics, Fulton County commissioner, Marvin S. Arrington, Sr., had a plan to save the stadium and use it as a professional soccer arena and share the parking facilities between it and Turner Field but he was unable to push it through.

Following the Horns ' breakup in mid 1978, Turner recruited Ferrari to drum on his Sphynx project before adding Thoms the following year to his new band Inner City Unit.

Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami devastation Mayor Turner ordered that city flags be flown half staff until the end of March to honour the thousands of lives lost.

Following his departure from Orient, Turner was appointed the reserve team coach at Leicester City by manager Mark McGhee and later moved with McGhee to Wolves, where he was appointed youth team coach.

Following the death of her aunt Monica in September 2007, Hayley discovers she has an adult son Christian Gatley ( Andrew Turner ) as a result of a single forgotten pre-operative liaison when she was still living as Harold.

Following the AFL-NFL merger, Turner also played with the Denver Broncos for another nine seasons and kicked four points in a losing effort in Super Bowl XII against the Dallas Cowboys, connecting on a 43-yard field goal and an extra point following a 5-yard touchdown run by Rob Lytle.

Following Nat Turner Slave Rebellion of 1831, the state legislature passed amendments to its original 1776 constitution ; it abolished suffrage for free people of color.

Following action at Leliefontein near the Komati River on 7 November 1900, Turner was one of three men from his regiment who were subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery.

Following promotion to the rank of Commander in 1925, Turner served with the Bureau of Ordnance at the Navy Department.