Sun Microsystems buys MySQL for $1 bil

[Mike]

PC World - Sun to Acquire MySQL for $1 Billion

Just one of many articles regarding the purchase.

 

[iamstupid]

Dude thats almost two weeks old...

 

[tweak50]

Doesn't mean it's not interesting. I can't believe they sold for only 1 billion.

 

[iamstupid]

Is just a DB programing language as opposed to a software package.

 

[Insomniac]

Is just a DB programing language as opposed to a software package.

You idiot, MySQL is a full DBMS, not a 'DB programming language'. Now STFU.

 

[Insomniac]

Doesn't mean it's not interesting. I can't believe they sold for only 1 billion.

Given the companies revenue comes almost entirely from support contracts the company really isn't worth that a lot. If large scale deployments like Digg and Facebook get their way MySQL will start to take more of Oracles client base and those support contracts will go through the roof.