01-16-2008, 09:52 PM
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The Frequenter
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MySQL Sell Up
Semi-interesting news for us in web development, MySQL announced today that they have been bought by Sun Microsystems for $1 billion.
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SANTA CLARA, CA January 16, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of the world's fastest growing open source databases for approximately $1 billion in total consideration. The acquisition accelerates Sun's position in enterprise IT to now include the $15 billion database market. Today's announcement reaffirms Sun's position as the leading provider of platforms for the Web economy and its role as the largest commercial open source contributor.
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Full press release: MySQL AB :: Sun to Acquire MySQL and Sun to Acquire MySQL Press Kit
Wouldn't have thought it will change much for us MySQL users - certainly won't hurt to have the power of Sun's development team working on it 
Alan
Last edited by Wildhoney : 01-17-2008 at 04:36 AM.
Reason: Haris was kind enough to point out a typo :)
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