US Gov't Lobbied EU To Approve Oracle-Sun Merger

littlekorea writes "Cables leaked by Wikileaks have revealed that the U.S. Government actively pressured the EU Competition Commissioner to approve Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The cable reveals that the U.S. went to great lengths to discover how the competition commissioner felt about the 'pro-competitive' nature of open source software and whether this would represent a threat to the US$7.4 billion deal."

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[metrix007]

It was ridiculous that the EU should even have a say over two american companies. Yes, they do business in the EU but they are American companies. What is the EU going to do if they merge in the US, prevent the new merged company from doing any business in the EU? It is one thing to obey the laws of a country you do business in, but another have to company decisions be influenced by the whims of a country separate from where your company is headquartered and based. Silly EU. They should go back to protecting users from the monopoly that is Internet Explorer.