Published by ugo on January 16, 2008
in devel.
First Sun acquires MySQL, and now this:
Oracle to Acquire BEA Systems: “REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL) and BEA Systems (Nasdaq: BEAS) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire all outstanding shares of BEA for $19.375 per share in cash. The offer is valued at approximately $8.5 billion, or $7.2 billion net of BEA’s cash on hand of $1.3 billion. ‘We expect this deal to be accretive to Oracle’s earnings by at least 1-2 cents on a non-GAAP basis in its first full year after closing,’ said Oracle President and Chief Financial Officer Safra Catz.”
Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL, Developer of the World’s Most Popular Open Source Database: “SANTA CLARA, CA January 16, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of the world’s fastest growing open source databases for approximately $1 billion in total consideration. The acquisition accelerates Sun’s position in enterprise IT to now include the $15 billion database market. Today’s announcement reaffirms Sun’s position as the leading provider of platforms for the Web economy and its role as the largest commercial open source contributor.”
There is a man of power in the world, who is a raving lunatic, a racist, a homophobe, and a religious fanatic. If things go according to the will of his followers, he might soon be at the command of a nuclear arsenal.
Did somebody in the audience say “Ahmadinejad”? No, sorry, I was referring to Mike Huckabee.
The Raw Story | Huckabee: Amend Constitution to be in ‘God’s standards’: “‘I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution,’ Huckabee told a Michigan audience on Monday. ‘But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living god. And that’s what we need to do — to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view.’”
(Via PZ Myers.)
