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Oracle is the only winner in Sun-MySQL Deal

Sun Microsystems Inc. gobbling up MySQL is perhaps the worst single event I have ever witnessed in the histor of tech mergers and acquisitions.
The move, announced earlier this week, is potentially more...
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Sun Buys MySQL

Sun is acquiring open source database company MySQL AB for $1 billion in cash and assumed stock options. MySQL is used by many of the web's largest companies, including YouTube, Facebook, and Wikipedia, more...
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