Senators Ask EC To Let Oracle-Sun Deal Go Through

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @01:14AM from the sun-is-setting-fast dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The European Union has managed to do something that US Presidents often find difficult: to make 59 US Senators from both sides of the aisle agree on something. A group led by John Kerry (D) and Orrin Hatch (R) has sent a letter to the European Union, asking it to wrap up the investigation of the Oracle-Sun merger and let the deal go through. Interestingly, the letter emphasizes the damage the delay and uncertainty are doing to Sun." The article paraphrases a Gartner analyst, who points out that the Senators' letter "comes from a US point of view and doesn't take into account how the EU operates."

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Re:Glad I am not the only one believing that... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-11-25 01:32 · Score: 0, Funny

Mysql is going to get forked over.
When Sun runs out of money, layoff Euro workers by Anonymous Coward · 2009-11-25 01:38 · Score: 1, Funny

The EU is asking Oracle to prove a negative.
They're just fucking with the evil US.
Re:SAP vs Oracle by CrazedSanity · 2009-11-25 02:45 · Score: 2, Funny

Actually, it looks like Oracle won by over 2m results...

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