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• EU ‘optimistic’ of settlement with Oracle over MySQLpbThe European Unions competition commissioner is optimistic about reaching a settlement with Oracle over its proposed/b a href=http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/04/20/235700/sun-rises-for-oracle-in-7...News Date: 09:58 13 Nov 2009
• Open source developers oppose Oracle's MySQL acquisitionProminent open source software developers have joined forces with those opposed to Oracle assuming control of MySQL if Oracle's proposed $7.4bn acquisition of S...News Date: 12:51 23 Oct 2009
• MySQL and IBM integrate databasesMySQL and IBM have announced a joint technology and reseller agreement to bring support for the MySQL open source database to the IBM System i business computing platform.News Date: 13:22 30 Apr 2007
• Sun buys MySQL for £500mSun has acquired the open source database MySQL for £500m, in a bid to establish a foothold in the database market and offer users open source database tools to...News Date: 16:06 16 Jan 2008

• MySQL Saves Cashpoint an Estimated Half-Million Euros per YearSun Microsystems today announced Cashpoint, the Austrian betting and gaming company, has selected Sun's MySQL™ database to manage its customer, Web, and results data. In order to protect its systems' high-avail...News Source: www.mysql.com Date: 00:59 07 Dec 2009
• MySQL prepares for IPO and reveals Oracle endorsement - Computer Business Review : NewsOpen source database vendor MySQL AB is preparing itself for an initial public offering, and could even be ready to go public before the end of the year, according to its CEO Marten Mickos.News Source: www.cbronline.com
• Should Oracle be allowed to own MySQL?Oracle claims that if it gets stewardship of MySQL it will spend more money developing the open source database than Sun does now, adding MySQL to its existing suite of database products.News Source: www.theinquirer.net Date: 16:23 10 Dec 2009
• Ellison: We Won't Spin Off MySQL - CIO.com - Business Technology LeadershipOracle CEO urges approval of Sun acquisition and says Oracle's database does not compete with MySQL.News Source: www.cio.com

• Blog-City uses open source MySQLLike many organisations, Blog-City relies heavily on its database for its daily business. But interestingly, Blog-City has chosen to underpin its business with ...In Depth Date: 12:18 24 Jan 2008
• Hot skils: MySQL 5.1Sun missed this qualification when it quoted Gartner's report in the launch of MySQL 5.1 in December. But big analysts have become a lot more positive towards open source databases.In Depth Date: 11:16 22 Jan 2009
• Hot skills: MySQLSun's agreement to purchase MySQL AB will consolidate commercial use of the open source originated database, although MySQL was already doing pretty well on its own.In Depth Date: 16:48 26 Feb 2008
• MySQL database skills cheap to maintain but pay less than OracleMySQL is an open source relational database management system that is widely used for web applications and embedded applications.In Depth Date: 01:00 01 Nov 2005

• MDB to MySQL Database ConverterMDB to MySQL Database Converter. MS Access to MySQL database conversion software helps to convert database created in MDB or MS Access format to MySQL format. MDB to MySQL file migration utility converts MDB da...Pressrelease Source: www.prlog.org Date: 05:31 06 Nov 2009
• MySQL Query Analyzer - Verbessern Sie die Performanz Ihrer SQL-AbfragenMySQL.com in English MySQL.com en Français Italiana 日本 MySQL Query Analyzer - Verbessern Sie die Performanz Ihrer SQL-Abfragen MySQL / Sun Jetzt ausprobieren » Kostenloses Webseminar » Demos » White Paper » Anw...Web Source: www.mysql.de
• MySQL buy 'validates' modelSun’s $1bn acquisition of MySQL has been described as “validating” the open source model.Enterprise Source: www.microscope.co.uk
• MySQL | freshmeat.netMySQL is a widely used and fast SQL database server. It is a client/server implementation that consists of a server daemon (mysqld) and many different client programs/libraries.Resource Source: freshmeat.net

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Video: Why did Oracle buy BEA and Sun buy MySQL

Video | www.computerweekly.com| 22 Jan 2008

In this week's highlights we discuss the two big acquisitions in the tech market last week with Oracle finally buying middleware company BEA and Sun purchasing MySQL.

• Why is Sun buying MySQL?It's hard to predict the Sun acquisition is good news for MySQL users. Judging from the 100m downloads, they seem pretty happy with the open source approach. Let's hope Sun doesn't change that.Blog Date: 18:56 16 Jan 2008
• Can business take open source seriously?What's interesting from speaking to Mickos is that MySQL is being used in large-scale enterprise system. It's behind the advertising engine on Google and MySQL powers FaceBook.Blog Date: 22:44 26 Nov 2007

• Call for Papers for "MySQL and Friends" Developer Room at FOSDEM 2010 now open!FOSDEM 2010, the annual Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting will take place again on February 6th and 7th in Brussels, Belgium. Next year they will celebrate their 10th anniversary (congr...Blog Source: blogs.sun.com Date: 12:30 09 Dec 2009
• Has MySQL 6.0 been cancelled?Did Oracle kill MySQL 6.0 already? It's developer page has been deleted, and contribs have stopped since June.Blog Source: www.sdtimes.com
• Mysql competition by Amazon - c0t0d0s0.orgI wrote at several occasions, that this "Oracle purchase of Sun will limit database competition" isn't true as you can eBlog Source: www.c0t0d0s0.org Date: 00:00 06 Nov 2009
• Sun pays MySQL ONE BILLION DOLLARS (and squeezenote) - Computerworld BlogsIt's IT Blogwatch: in which Sun buys open source database vendor MySQL. Not to mention the Steve Jobs 90 minute keynote in 60 seconds... Jeremy Kirk beams down: [What, no "Enterprise" pun? -Ed.]Sun Microsystems...Blog Source: blogs.computerworld.com