Sun Buying MySQL

[Chris]

http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=205801187

As Sun Microsystems (NSDQ: JAVA) becomes the owner of MySQL, the pioneering open source database system, it plugs a hole that exists in the Sun software product line and moves the company toward becoming a supplier to Web 2.0 companies.

The company that pioneered the Java programming language said Wednesday it will pay about $800 million in cash in exchange for all of MySQL stock and assume about $200 million in options as part of the deal.

[Nico]

If Sun mantains the open source principles of MySQL, which i think they will do, then this will be good news for us.