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InternetNews
November 20, 2009 |
Oracle Gets a One-Week Extension on Sun Deal Oracle gets more time from the EU to defend its purchase of Sun Microsystems, while some are calling on the company to sell off MySQL.   |
InternetNews
September 3, 2009 |
EC Delay Hurts Oracle's Plans for Sun The news on Thursday that European Union antitrust regulators have launched an in-depth probe into Oracle's $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems on competitive concerns was the worst outcome for the two firms as they are both left paralyzed for an indeterminate length of time. |
InternetNews
December 16, 2009 |
EU Set to Approve Oracle-Sun Deal European regulators have given Oracle the tentative green light in its long-delayed merger with Sun Microsystems now that Oracle has assuaged concerns about the stewardship of the open source MySQL database. |
InternetNews
October 9, 2009 |
MySQL Founder Calls on EC to Clear Oracle/Sun Marten Mickos writes European Commission head Neelie Kroes, saying the Oracle/Sun deal won't hurt MySQL. Will they listen? |
InternetNews
December 15, 2010 |
Oracle Unveils MySQL 5.5 Oracle moves to put to rest uncertainty about the future of the open source database with the release of MySQL 5.5, reiterating commitment to strengthening the community. |
InternetNews
December 4, 2009 |
Oracle Says It's Not Backing Down in EU Challenge Rumors suggested that Oracle would give in to European regulators' concerns about its buy of Sun-owned MySQL. Not so, the database giant says. |
InternetNews
September 2, 2009 |
EU May Delay Oracle-Sun Nuptials Sun just can't get a break as European investigators might stall its proposed merger with Oracle. |
InternetNews
December 9, 2009 |
EC Chief Now 'Optimistic' About Oracle Deal European Commission Chair Neelie Kroes now says she thinks a deal can be made, just one day after she told U.S. senators to back off. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Oracle's Gift to Growth Investors Oracle must lose some dead weight before closing the Sun deal. |
InternetNews
November 9, 2009 |
European Regulators Object to Oracle-Sun Merger The European Commission made the rumors official on Monday by issuing its official objections to Sun Microsystems' acquisition by Oracle - setting the stage for a transatlantic fight between Oracle and European regulators. |
InternetNews
December 14, 2009 |
EU Says Oracle's MySQL Pledge Is 'Significant' Oracle may be winning over some critics as it seeks to get the OK on its purchase of Sun, but it also made some sizable commitments in return. |
InternetNews
October 12, 2009 |
Oracle's $10M Database Server Challenge On the eve of Oracle OpenWorld, the Sun bosses try to convince the audience that they and the EC have nothing to worry about. |
The Motley Fool
September 3, 2009
Tim Beyers |
Europe to Larry Ellison: It's On, Maybe EU regulators open an antitrust investigation of Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Oracle's Pyrrhic Victory? Oracle is navigating its way through European regulations. But what's the point? |
InternetNews
June 29, 2009
Andy Patrizio |
DoJ to Oracle/Sun: Not so Fast, Pardners The federal government has denied Oracle's request for a speedy approval of its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems, requesting more time to give the purchase scrutiny before passing it on to the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval. |
InternetNews
August 20, 2009 |
Oracle-Sun Marriage Gets DoJ's Blessing Oracle's $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems got the sign-off it needed from federal antitrust regulators today, removing a key hurdle for the two companies' merger. |
InternetNews
April 20, 2009
Alex Goldman |
Oracle Buys Sun in IBM's Wake Oracle reveals a few details of its strategic vision for the merger with Sun. |
InternetNews
November 13, 2009 |
Should Oracle Dump Europe Before MySQL? How far can Oracle afford to go if it can't win over European regulators to complete its purchase of Sun? |
InternetNews
December 31, 2009 |
MySQL Creator Still Fighting Oracle Michael "Monty" Widenius hatches a new effort to thwart the Oracle-Sun merger. |
InternetNews
April 13, 2010 |
Oracle Taps InnoDB for MySQL Plans Oracle has released the beta version of MySQL 5.5 and announced that InnoDB will become the default storage engine. |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2009
Tim Beyers |
Why Oracle Must Fight Europe Evidence suggests that MySQL today is worth materially more than what Sun paid for it. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has no choice but to fight for fair value, and that means fighting the European Commission's ruling. |
InternetNews
January 20, 2010 |
Russia May Tell Oracle 'Nyet' on Sun Purchase Just as Oracle is getting ready to finally celebrate the closure of its long-delayed purchase of Sun Microsystems, Russia and China are now threatening to drag the pain out even longer. |
InternetNews
March 3, 2010 |
Sun Seen Boosting Oracle's Business Immediately Sun's impact on Oracle's revenue and earnings will take time to grow, but UBS sees indications that there will be at least some positive impact right away. |
InternetNews
January 28, 2010 |
Oracle Will Keep Sun's Storage, Tape Businesses Oracle revealed this week that it not only plans to keep Sun's disk storage business, but its tape business, too. |
InternetNews
November 24, 2009 |
U.S. Senators Press EU to End Oracle-Sun Probe Bipartisan group cites DoJ clearance as reason enough, but there might be one particular reason why it won't be. |
InternetNews
January 21, 2010 |
Oracle Gets EU's OK for Sun Purchase Deal takes a big step toward completion as China and Russia mull their reactions. |
InternetNews
May 8, 2009
Andy Patrizio |
Ellison Commits to Sun's Hardware Business Oracle boss says making its own chips is "very, very important." |
InternetNews
November 3, 2009 |
Oracle Outlines Sun Software Plans With the deal's approval still pending, Oracle offers more details on what it plans to do if it can close on its purchase of Sun Microsystems. |
InternetNews
October 18, 2010 |
Open Source MySQL Space Heats Up With SkySQL Startup that includes many former MySQL executives is looking to provide an open source set of support tools for the database effort, without extending into a rival distribution. |
InternetNews
December 22, 2009 |
Sun Reductions Will Hit Open Source Efforts Thousands of Sun employees are facing an unhappy New Year's resolution: find a new job. That includes many in the company's open source efforts. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2011
Anders Bylund |
My Marketing Mistake Is Bigger Than Yours! Oracle is walking a fine line here. |
InternetNews
September 7, 2010 |
Oracle's Surprise, Mark Hurd Named President How will the high profile signing of HP's ex-CEO Mark Hurd help Oracle in its quest to take on IBM and other systems providers? |
InternetNews
December 17, 2009 |
Oracle Easily Tops 2Q Profit Estimates Oracle managed to hurdle analysts' second-quarter profit and sales targets. |
InternetNews
October 20, 2009 |
Sun to Pink-Slip 3,000 Workers While Oracle's $7.4 billion acquisition awaits approval from European regulators, Sun trims some fat. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Sun Is Setting On Schedule Database titan Oracle has received clearance from American antitrust regulators to go ahead with its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems |
InternetNews
June 24, 2010 |
Oracle Rides Sun to Big 4Q Earnings Oracle posted a profit of $3 billion for the latest quarter. |
InternetNews
July 22, 2010 |
Oracle Looks to Calm Sun Customer Concerns A Garter report found that Sun customers aren't happy with the flow of information from the company's new owner. Now Oracle is moving to calm frustrated Sun users. |
InternetNews
January 22, 2010 |
Sun CEO Upbeat in Goodbye Letter The final missive from Jonathan Schwartz encourages those keeping their jobs to think 'Sun is a brand, Oracle is your company.' |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Will the Sun Set in Oracle's Backyard? Larry Ellison is many things, but never a quitter. He will buy Sun in the end, but the question is why. |
InternetNews
September 14, 2009 |
Some Customers Are Sticking With Sun As HP and IBM aggressively pitch Sun customers, many are hanging in there. Oracle plans to debut a new Sun/Oracle database system this week. |
InternetNews
January 16, 2008
Sean Michael Kerner |
Sun to Nab MySQL For $1 Billion In a surprise move, Sun Microsystems today said it's acquiring privately held open source database vendor MySQL AB for approximately $1 billion. |
InternetNews
January 27, 2010 |
Developer Worries About MySQL's Future Oracle said it will continue developing MySQL as free software for the next five years, but the application's lead developer isn't convinced his open source baby will survive much longer. |
InternetNews
November 30, 2009 |
Kroes Stepping Down as EU Antitrust Chief New EU chair will take over Jan. 26. Will he change the course of the Oracle-Sun merger? |
InternetNews
April 20, 2009
Andy Patrizio |
A Better Fate for Sun This deal seems like a better fit than a merger with IBM. But Oracle has its work cut out for it. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Sun, Oracle to Get Tighter Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison will hold a special employee meeting Tuesday to discuss the "next phase" of the companies' alliance. |
InternetNews
April 21, 2009
Sean Michael Kerner |
MySQL 5.4 Released as Oracle Looms Large New MySQL chief calls for more transparency with the community and is optimistic about opportunities within Oracle. |
InternetNews
March 25, 2010 |
Oracle Expected to Match Earnings Projections Oracle, a bellwether in the IT sector, should match analyst expectations handily despite the margin pressure following its acquisition of Sun Microsystems. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2010
Eric Jhonsa |
The Sun Isn't Shining for Oracle This is one acquisition Oracle could regret. |
Bank Systems & Technology
April 20, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Oracle to Buy Sun Microsystems After original deal with IBM collapsed, Sun has found itself a new acquirer in Oracle. |
InternetNews
January 15, 2010 |
Sun Facing Massive Cuts After Oracle Deal? Oracle may cut up to half of Sun Microsystems' staff in the next few weeks when it finally closes the long-delayed acquisition of the troubled systems vendor, according to a report by an analyst at UBS AG. |
