“Oracle accquires SUN Microsystems for $7.8 billion”.

The Original Accusation
Sun had been suffering in past and was making every effort to make an accusation happen for it.  The Oracle-Sun deal came more than two weeks after I.B.M. ended its talks with SUN. I.B.M lowered its offer to $9.40 a share from $10 and Oracle bid was $9.50 a share.

MySql Goes to Sun and Sun Goes to Oracle

Oracles’ chief executive, said in a conference call Monday morning that Sun’s Java programming language and its Solaris operating system were the main attractions. But that might not be the case as Oracle was more intersted in MySql then any one else. In 2008 Sun Microsystem annouced a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL the worlds fastest growing open source databases for $1 billion. Which accelerated Sun’s position in enterprise IT to a $15 billion database market. Though many people looked at the accusation with a controversial eye stating that MySql could have had a bigger value then what SUN offered, Google, Yahoo & Microsoft could have paid much more. (more…)