Brussels (ip-192.com): The European Commission could decide to raise issue with Oracle's $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, according to a Reuter’s report that cites sources familiar with the situation. Commission rules state that if it decides to complete an in-depth investigation of the merger, it could stall the deal for up to four months. Obviously, that amount of time could be very valuable for competitors like Hewlett-Packard and IBM. Both companies have already started advertising campaigns in an effort to pick up more Sun hardware customers.
Furthermore, we have heard rumors that one of the issues the European Commission may have is related to MySQL. The rumors say that the anti-trust regulators feel that Oracle would gain too much power if it is allowed to combines the market share the two databases have. What’s the solution? Hopefully not a sale of MySQL to Microsoft!
Recent Comments