Thursday, February 28, 2008

Sun: MySQL buy 'most important in software history'

Sun has claimed that completing its purchase of the open source database developer MySQL will enable it to become the most complete provider of open source server software.

Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's chief executive, said in a conference call on Tuesday that the US$1 billion acquisition "completed our capability to deliver a holistic, secure, open source platform for networks", providing the last, key piece in a software stack that now rivals Microsoft's.

The move, which Schwartz described as "the most important acquisition in Sun's history and in the history of the modern software industry" is significant because: "What we see customers doing is migrating to complete platforms. The market clearly elected a proprietary platform for desktops and we see that happening increasingly with open source solutions on the server side."

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