[geeks] Sun to acquire MySQL

[Mark]

On 16 Jan 2008, at 22:57, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> See: http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/winds_of_change_are_blowing
>
> At $1BN it is a lot of money...

Are you kidding? MySQL drives the World Wide Web (and a ton of other  
stuff besides). I think it's a steal compared to the stupidly  
overinflated prices of startups like Facebook. It is a lot of $$$ but  
it's actually worth that much just because of the install base it's  
got. Granted most people haven't paid for it, but still, it's a  
captive audience.

I'm pretty stoked really, I think it'll make a nice addition to Sun's  
Open Source collection.

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