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EU Set to Approve Oracle-Sun Deal
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| European regulators have given Oracle the
| tentative green light in its long-delayed
| merger with Sun Microsystems now that
| Oracle has assuaged concerns about the
| stewardship of the open source MySQL
| database.
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http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3853931/
Enterprise Applications: 10 Reasons Why Sun Is Still Relevant (and One Reason Why Not)
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| A nagging question has been hanging over
| Oracle's long-delayed acquisition of Sun
| Microsystems. Is Sun still relevant after
| seeing its once powerful market position
| slowly but steadily eroded over the past
| decade? This question rose to prominence
| back in April, when the database giant
| first announced its plans to buy out Sun.
| It's become a critical issue as Sun has
| continued to hemorrhage cash as Oracle has
| faced delay after delay in getting
| regulatory approval of the deal in Europe.
| But there are still a lot of factors that
| demonstrate how Sun's products and
| technology remain relevant and in demand
| in the IT industry. This eWEEK slide show
| illustrates why Sun still has a strong
| market influence.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/10-Reasons-Why-Sun-is-Still-Relevant-and-One-Reason-Why-Not-887854/
Why Oracle Ultimately Stands to Win the Bitter Battle over MySQL
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| It's not officially a done deal, but eWEEK
| has learned through knowledgeable sources
| that the standoff between Oracle and the
| antitrust regulators of the European
| Commission has been broken and that an
| agreement is probably imminent.
|
| Oracle's complicated eight-month-long
| mission to annex Sun Microsystems is
| finally coming to an end.
|
| It's not officially a done deal, but eWEEK
| has learned through knowledgeable sources
| that the standoff between Oracle and the
| antitrust regulators of the European
| Commission has been broken and that an
| agreement is probably imminent.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Why-Oracle-Ultimately-Stands-to-Win-the-Bitter-Battle-Over-MySQL-715600/
Nexedi Press Release
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| Nexedi, the creator of ERP5, one of the
| most advanced Open Source ERPs used for
| mission critical applications in Europe,
| Africa and Japan in Aerospace, Central
| Banking, Financial Services, Chemical,
| Government, Health and Transportation
| industries has published today a position
| letter sent to the European Commission in
| the context of the recent acquisition of
| Sun Microsytems by Oracle Corporation.
| Nexedi recommends to the European
| Commission that Oracle should be requested
| to sell the MySQL Business Unit to a third
| party which offers reasonable guarantees
| for its Business development. Nexedi
| offers to takeover MySQL Business Unit for
| 1 Euro and relieve Oracle from what has
| become a negative asset in its merger and
| acquisition strategy.
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http://www.nexedi.com/en/company/pr/NXD-MySQL.Takeover
Recent:
Oracle commits: MySQL will have a future
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| In order to appease European regulators, Oracle
| has made a number of commitments to the future
| of MySQL.
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| According to a statement overnight (Australian
| time), Oracle has made a number of public
| commitments regarding MySQL in order to ease
| the concerns of European Union regulators
| investigating the proposed Oracle â Sun merger.
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http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30052&Itemid=53
Oracle customers and MySQL users speak out
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| Behind closed doors, over Thursday and
| Friday, the European Commission has been
| holding a hearing on the proposed
| acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle.
| The Wall Street Journal reports that
| several Oracle customers, including the
| Spanish bank BBVA, Vodafone UK, the
| National Health Service and the Oracle
| user group, spoke in support of the
| acquisition. The hearing had been preceded
| by an initiative by Oracle to mobilise
| customers to speak out on the Commission's
| objections to the takeover.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Oracle-customers-and-MySQL-users-speak-out-884416.html
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