HTTP:: MySQL Creator Urges Oracle to Spin Off the Database
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Oracle's Sun acquisition is raising even more concerns, this time about the future of MySQL, the open-source database system. As the EC investigation of the proposed acquisition lingers, MySQL is bleeding customers while its creator is asking Oracle to sell off the unit to a third party with no conflicting interest. Michael 'Monty' Widenius, who created MySQL and founded the company with the same name, is asking Oracle to sell off the database system in order to speed up the approval process and to ensure the open-source technology's survival. Oracle made a bid to buy Sun Microsystems, which owns MySQL, earlier this year but the $7.4 billion deal is still hanging in the air awaiting the approval of the European Union's Competition Commission after getting the go-ahead from the US Department of Justice. However, the uncertainty surrounding Sun's hardware unit and to a certain degree MySQL is causing Sun to lose a lot of potential customers and revenue, as much as $100 mill!
ion every month. The EU's main concern is actually about MySQL as it is looking to see if the acquisition won't mean a reduction in options for the consumers as the database system is seen as a competitor to Oracle's expensive offerings especially on the low end. Oracle is claiming that it will continue to develop and invest in M...
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