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				 Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:24 pm    Post subject: Sun to acquire MySQL for US$1 billion | 
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				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...read more | 
			 
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