MySQL CEO says IPO one step in long-term plan
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| The chief executive of database software developer MySQL AB said on
| Tuesday he intends to take his company public, though perhaps not this
| year.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070424:MTFH48583_2007-04-24_22-15-20_N24452475&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/3byzlm
Sun Microsystems' revenue disappoints
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| Computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. Tuesday posted a third quarter
| net profit versus a year-ago loss, but revenue fell shy of
| analysts' estimates and shares fell about 5 percent.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/24/technology/bc.sunmicrosystems.results.reut/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
http://tinyurl.com/3ccaw7
Proprietary software is being replaced with Open Source.
Yesterday:
IBM, MySQL team up on database software
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| Executives at IBM, the world's No. 2 software maker, and MySQL told
| Reuters they will announce a technology and marketing partnership
| on Wednesday at a MySQL users' conference in Santa Clara, California.
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/04/25/ibm_mysql_team_up_on_database_software/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News
http://tinyurl.com/2mwwkx
Google offers its own changes to MySQL
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| Google long has been known to be a user of the open-source MySQL
| database software, but the search powerhouse this week published
| its own changes to the project.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9712307-7.htm
Related:
Sun CEO: "Proprietary"...did more damage to sun than any market downturn
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| Sun has discovered the exact same thing. Freedom sells. Or, rather,
| services around freedom sell. The freedom itself is, well, free.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/04/sun_ceo_proprie.html
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