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European Commission Approves Oracle-Sun Merger

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the chomp-chomp-chomp dept.

rubycodez writes "The anti-trust body of the EU, the European Commission, has approved Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, believing competition would be preserved. It saw PostgreSQL as a viable independent alternative to MySQL and that market access to Java would not be restricted. Uncertainty about Sun's future has cost over a billion dollars in lost sales in the past year."

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  1. Monty by heffel · · Score: 3, Funny

    Monty is going to have a fit.

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    1. Re:Monty by richlv · · Score: 4, Funny

      maybe eu approved the deal because they got annoyed by monty

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    2. Re:Monty by R2.0 · · Score: 2, Funny

      "maybe eu approved the deal because they got annoyed by monty"

      More likely that Oracle's check finally cleared.

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  2. Re:My tax Euros at work by Malc · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm taxed in Pounds you insensitive clod. Not that EU taxes probably account for much compared with just the interest on Gordon Brown's debts.

  3. Great Idea! by mandark1967 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one am totally in favor of merging Oracle with the Sun. Oh wait...they meant the "other" Sun...damn :(

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