January 21, 2010 6:01 PM
Posted by: Ed Scannell
European Commission,
MySQL,
Oracle-Sun deal,
Sun MicrosystemsAfter over three months of investigation the European Commission (EC) has officially approved Oracle's $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems which could see the combined company significantly change the competitive landscape of the IT industry.
"I am now satisfied that competition and...
January 20, 2010 4:37 PM
Posted by: Ed Scannell
European Commission,
MySQL,
Oracle-Sun dealOracle and the European Commission (EC) continue to slowly and painfully creep closer to resolving its conflict over the former's nine-month long attempt to acquire Sun...
December 23, 2009 5:24 PM
Posted by: Ed Scannell
European Commission,
MySQL,
Oracle-Sun dealWith Oracle and the European Commission (EC) on the verge of reaching agreement over the former's proposed possession of MySQL, hopefully this is the last time I talk about the latter's confounding lack of understanding about the open source market.
While the EC has now spent well over three...
December 15, 2009 10:26 PM
Posted by: Ed Scannell
European Commission,
MySQL,
Oracle-Sun dealIt's almost done.
After three months of investigation, and some pointed exchanges between the two along the way, it appears Oracle and the European Commission are on the verge of settling their differences over
December 8, 2009 9:52 PM
Posted by: Shayna Garlick
MySQL,
Oracle open source
December 4, 2009 3:55 PM
Posted by: Ed Scannell
European Commission,
MySQL,
open source database,
Oracle-Sun dealIn his eyeball-to-eyeball stare down with the European Commission (EC) over MySQL, Oracle chairman Larry Ellison may have blinked.
Multiple reports today say Ellison is willing to setup a separate entity within the combined Oracle-Sun that would be responsible for operating the MySQL open source...
