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Sun to acquire MySQL for US$1 billion - TechAmok
Sun to acquire MySQL for US$1 billion - [briefly] 06:12 PM EST - Jan,16 2008 - post a comment Sun Microsystems elbowed into the enterprise database market Wednesday with
the announcement of a proposed $1 billion acquisition of MySQL, an
open-source database software company. The deal, which Sun Chief Executive
Jonathan Schwartz calls the "most important acquisition in the company's
history," makes Sun one of the first major public companies to offer open-source
software and puts the company head to head with the three big vendors in the $15
billion database market: IBM, SAP, and its former database partner, Oracle.
What does the acquisition of MySQL by Sun mean for the core MySQL community?
I'd like to think that the acquisition of MySQL by Sun will be seen as
good news also by the core group of users who form the active MySQL community.
This is because Sun is a safe haven for MySQL. Sun knows Open Source, and to the
extent things change, I expect Sun to add value to our community. I don't expect
huge change, though. We continue to work with our quality contributors, we
continue to provide our MySQL Forums, the Planet MySQL blog aggregator, we
remain on the #mysql-dev and #mysql channels on Freenode, we provide MySQL
University lessons, we meet at the MySQL Users Conference. We'll put effort into
connecting the many FOSS enthusiasts and experts at Sun - whom we will now learn
to know better - with our active user community.
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