Is this good? Sun buys MySql!

From the Wall Street Journal:

"[snip...] Sun Microsystems Inc. has agreed to buy open-source software maker MySQL AB for $1 billion, and said its fiscal second-quarter net income nearly doubled on boosted margins, according to preliminary results.Sun is paying $800 million in cash and assuming $200 million in options to acquire MySQL.

The Swedish company makes open-source database software used by companies such as online search leader Google Inc., social-networking site Facebook Inc. and Finnish phone maker Nokia Corp.[snip...]" from "WSJ: Sun Micro to Buy MySQL, Maker of Open-Source Database By ANDREW EDWARDS

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Comments

[C Keene]

Good catch - I think this is a good thing. I wrote my take on it here:

http://www.keeneview.com/2008/01/mysql-and-marten-mickos-when-nice-guys.html