Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

EC Formally Objects To Oracle's Purchase of Sun

Posted by kdawson on from the bringing-about-the-most-feared-outcome dept.

eldavojohn writes "The EC has presented Oracle and Sun with a statement of objections. Despite the promotion of former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos, the statement seems to focus entirely on what many have feared: MySQL vs. Oracle databases. From Sun's 8-K SEC filing: 'The Statement of Objections sets out the Commission's preliminary assessment regarding, and is limited to, the combination of Sun's open source MySQL database product with Oracle's enterprise database products and its potential negative effects on competition in the market for database products.' The EU and the EC are getting a rep for disagreeing with US counterparts." On Monday afternoon the DoJ reiterated its support for the deal. Matthew Aslett has a helpful timeline of the action from the EC.

7 of 334 comments (clear)

  1. I Object! by Geoffrey.landis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, I'd object to their purchasing the sun as well!!

    --
    http://www.geoffreylandis.com
  2. Re:Okay... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    European Commies

  3. Re:Okay... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The EC is.. who now?

    EC is European Commission http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission

  4. A Rep? by theillien · · Score: 5, Interesting

    According to the article the last time the EU/EC contravened a takeover was when they denied General Electric's takeover of Honeywell in 2001. I'd hardly call two denials in a decade a reputation for disagreeing with the US on these matters.

  5. Re:Good Business by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you think MySQL is any threat to Oracle, then you don't understand anything about the commercial database market.

  6. Re:F the EC by Tom · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, standing up to badly behaved American companies.

    Try some research before you post nationalistic crap like that. The EC has fined european companies in the billions range for violations of anti-corruption laws, does the same anti-trust checks on european companies and so on.

    Wake up. 50 years ago, the US had the moral high ground on the rest of the world, but you can't go downhill forever without losing it.

    --
    Assorted stuff I do sometimes: Lemuria.org
  7. Re:Okay... by Jesus_666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're right. If we go by body mass, one European (~70 kg) makes about 1/4th of an American. But hey, by that same metric, the USA have about the same population as China!

    --
    USE HOT GRITS WITH STATUE OF NATALIE PORTMAN (NAKED AND PETRIFIED)