Sun refuses to give up on software acquisitions, buys MySQL for $1 billion

    Date: 01/16/08 (Data Management)    Keywords: software, java, microsoft

    We knew that Sun has been lusting after a real software business in addition to Solaris. We knew that Sun "shares" -- that it digs open source, including Solaris and Java. And we knew that Sun had a love-hate relationship with Oracle and a hate-hate relationship with IBM and Microsoft....

    Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=2596

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