Will this be a good news or bad news? Of, coz…………. MySQL hold the largest open source market, now ……..
BTW: Read below, no wonder the default charset of MySQL is swedish

Will Silicon Valley Deals Kick Into Overdrive?

By VAUHINI VARA, CHRISTOPHER LAWTON and DON CLARK
January 17, 2008; Page B1

Acquisitions by Silicon Valley software giants Oracle Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. suggested a slowing economy and other forces could kick a recent wave of high-tech deals into higher gear.

Oracle succeeded yesterday in forging an $8.5 billion deal to acquire rival BEA Systems Inc., a maker of programs known as middleware that had resisted an unsolicited bid from Oracle in October. The $19.38-per-share price is about 14% higher than Oracle originally offered, but below the $21 figure that BEA sought. Investor Carl Icahn says he urged Oracle to raise its bid and then lobbied BEA to take the sweetened bid.

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