Sun acquires Open Source Software MySQL

Some open source software [OSS] purists on the blogosphere–and some outright double-dipping conflicted for-profit OSS company executives–have been beating the drum for over a year about the upcoming parade of IPOs that we would see from the OSS movement. But reality happened, market forces intervened, Yahoo (YHOO) bought Zimbra, Citrix (CTXS) bought Xensource (paying way too much), and the OSS IPO marching band kept getting smaller and smaller. Wednesday Sun (JAVA) acquired MySQL, pulling the lead trombone of the OSS IPO parade, out of the line of march. The marching band is about to become a quintet.


Here are the links to the posts:

Buying MySQL Could Save Sun

Sun Rains on the Open Source Software IPO Parade

Five Questions Facing Sun Micro's MySQL Acquisition