Sun limits MySQL Enterprise Unlimited
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| A little less loudly the company has also confirmed that it has tinkered with
| the terms of MySQL Enterprise Unlimited, the site-wide agreement introduced
| in January last year that provided unlimited use of MySQL Enterprise for
| $40,000, the same price Oracle charges per CPU for Oracle Database Enterprise
| Edition.
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| MySQL Enterprise Unlimited is proof of the open source model’s ability to
| disrupt a market but also effectively places a cap on the revenue MySQL - and
| now Sun - can earn per customer. Or at least it used to. As the small print
| on Sun’s MySQL product page indicates, while Enterprise Unlimited still
| allows for adoption on any number of servers, the offer is now only available
| to companies with 400 employees or less.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/02/27/sun-limits-mysql-enterprise-unlimited/
Sun closes MySQL deal, plans more open-source buys
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| Sun Microsystems said Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of
| open-source database company MySQL for about $1 billion--and now is turning
| its attention to other acquisitions.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9879251-39.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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A bright future for MySQL
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| MySQL is an example of a disruptive technology. At first, it was too puny for
| the proprietary databases to notice, and satisfied only small users. But its
| powers grew, and the size of the companies using it also increased. It cannot
| match the upper limits of DB2 capability at this point, but it will be
| interesting to see if and when that day comes. But it doesn’t have to; it is
| already transforming most of the database market. May Sun invest the money
| (and employ the open source software developers) to take it to the top.
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http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/01/17/a-bright-future-for-mysql/
Five Questions Facing Sun Micro's MySQL Acquisition
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| Ever work for a small company that was acquired by a big, legacy technology
| company? Ever work in a nimble organization where decisions were made in an
| instant -- rather than debated in a committee? As a fast-moving Web 2.0
| pioneer, MySQL will need to adjust to Sun's more mature culture. On the flip
| side, Sun will need to maintain the best of MySQL's fast-moving, creative,
| open culture.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/60555-five-questions-facing-sun-micro-s-mysql-acquisition?source=yahoo
Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL
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| Sun Microsystems, Inc. has said that 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 says Sun.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/15752/sun-microsystems-announces-agreement-acquire-mysql
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