As a developer, this is huge. Depending on what Sun does with MySQL in regards to its open source-ness, this could change the way I do business to some extent.
Sun Microsystems Inc said on Wednesday it will buy open source developer MySQL AB for about $1 billion, allowing it to expand into an estimated $15 billion database market.
This could also change the way Sun does business. Either way, it’s a huge purchase.
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