How and why MySQL grabbed $1bn in five weeks
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| "It has been like walking around in a candy story," Mickos said, after
| looking over Sun's vast computing labs.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/18/open_season_10/
Users say Sun needs to fix what's broken at MySQL
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| Google Inc. and other MySQL users have created patches designed to fix the
| performance problems. But MacAskill said that the open-source vendor has yet
| to add the patches to the database, despite requests that it do so from him
| and other users.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=2121879293&rid=-50
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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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