MySQL and Oracle and the EC

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The review by the European Commission of the Oracle Sun merger just got a whole lot more interesting with the activities of one of the founders of MySQL. Michael "Monty" Widenius, the creator of MySQL stepped into the fray opposing the take over, delivering over 10,000 signature to the EC of those opposed.

I highly recommend reading Monty's blog at http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/12/help-saving-mysql.html

If you have code running on MySQL let the EC know just how much competition to Oracle there really is.

Regarding Sun's drop in 25% drop in revenue, just compare that to automotive and housing. But even more, compare that to the same industry. Among the top five server vendors, Dell was hit hardest, with quarterly server revenue tumbling 31.2 percent. Hewlett-Packard showed a 26.2 percent decline. Sun Microsystems watched its revenue dive 25 percent. IBM saw its sales drop 19.9 percent. Sales at Fujitsu/Fujitsu-Siemens fell 18.8 percent. Claims about merger uncertainty effecting sales seems to be way out of proportion.