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Oracle and Sun attack the stack [Acquisitions]
found by on January 16th, 2008
Source:Valleywag "Extraordinary. Incredible. Tremendous. Amazing. Unprecedented. Extraordinary (again). Great. Revolutionary. Great. Extraordinary (yes, again). Unbelievable." All these words Steve...read more

Sun Buys MySQL for $1B and Wall Street Mourns
found by on January 16th, 2008
Source:GigaOM Sun Microsystems said today it would pay $1 billion to buy privately held open-source database maker MySQL, a move that strengthens Sun’s ability to offer an alternative to prop...read more

Sun Picks Up MySQL For $1 Billion; Open Source Is A Legitimate Business Model
found by on January 16th, 2008
Source:Techcrunch The big news this morning is that open source database startup MySQL finally found a year’s worth of rumors that they were mulling over an initial public offering. Sun Micros...read more

Sun Microsystems acquires MySQL for $1 billion [Acquisitions]
found by on January 16th, 2008
Source:Valleywag Salim Ismail's incompetence as a manager may have brought the wrath of the IRS down on Yahoo. One of his employees at Brickhouse, Yahoo's San Francisco incubator, has moved abroad w...read more

Automattic Spurns $200 Million Acquisition Offer
found by on October 29th, 2007
Source:Techcrunch Automattic, the company that created the Wordpress.com blogging platform and oversees the Wordpress.org open source project, has rejected a $200 million acquisition offer, says mul...read more

MYSQL IPO Chatter Picking Up Again
found by on October 26th, 2007
Source:Techcrunch We’ve been informed that Meetro - provider of a location-based instant messaging service - is working on a stealth project that aims to make forum setup, customization, and ...read more

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