quarta-feira, 23 de janeiro de 2008

The Great Acquisition

“Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced 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...”

Uma grande aquisição. Para alguns até inesperada mas a união dessas duas grandes correntes da linha open source (Java também), certamente irá reposicionar o mercado mundial de TI:

"Today's acquisition reaffirms Sun's position at the center of the global Web economy. Supporting our overall growth plan, acquiring MySQL amplifies our investments in the technologies demanded by those driving extreme growth and efficiency, from Internet media titans to the world's largest traditional enterprises," said Jonathan Schwartz, CEO and president, Sun Microsystems. "MySQL's employees and culture, along with its near ubiquity across the Web, make it an ideal fit with Sun's open approach to network innovation. And most importantly, this announcement boosts our investments into the communities at the heart of innovation on the Internet and of enterprises that rely on technology as a competitive weapon."

"The combination of MySQL and Sun represents an enormous opportunity for users and organizations of all sizes seeking innovation, growth and choice," said Marten Mickos, CEO, MySQL.

Mais detalhes em :http://www.mysql.org/news-and-events/sun-to-acquire-mysql.html

Algumas opiniões:

http://arjen-lentz.livejournal.com/99079.html

http://blogs.sun.com/jag/entry/jazzed_about_mysql

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