IBM has been in ‘failed’ acquisition talks with Sun Microsystems for the past few weeks. Oracle has struck the deal to acquire Sun for $7.4b which works out to $5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash and debt. You will find many blog postings related to this acquisition. There is one line item that directly effects […]
mysql
Opensource database MySQL valued between US$600 million and $1 billion :-)
MySQL is by far the most popular opensource database used by techies. It has proved its robustness over the years. It may not have all the features of Oracle but most of us don’t need all the features commercial databases have to offer. How many of us use the advanced features in our mobile handsets? […]