MySQL AB News Announcements (2008)
Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL
16 January 2008 ― Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of the world’s fastest growing open source databases for approximately $1 billion in total consideration. The acquisition accelerates Sun 's position in enterprise IT to now include the $15 billion database market. Today 's announcement reaffirms Sun 's position as the leading provider of platforms for the Web economy and its role as the largest commercial open source contributor.

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