DOJ Gives Oracle Approval To Buy Sun

k33l0r writes "The BBC is reporting that the US Justice Department has approved Oracle's takeover of Sun Microsystems. The acquisition gives Oracle control over (or a leading role in), among other things, Java, MySQL, (Open)Solaris, ZFS, OpenOffice, and the NetBeans IDE. 'The European Commission has still to rule on the deal, a step that will be required before it can close. That body has indicated it will issue an initial opinion on Sept. 3, according to the Wall Street Journal. It may OK the deal at that time or launch a four-month probe of it. ... The Justice Department ruling came earlier than expected, a possible response to Sun's declining revenues and precarious business position in a steep recession, as the required reviews proceeded.' We first discussed the deal back when it was announced in April."

So long and thanks for the fish

[nurb432]

Or something like that.

A sad day.

Re:You're not the boss of me!

[MouseR]

It's not quite as Larry put it in a corporate email he sent on the subject.

Re:So long and thanks for the fish

[David Gerard]

Yuh. Looking at eight years' Solaris on my resume and looking forward to my next job with Debian only.

Re:What about Java

[mrjohnson]

new String2();

I just woke up...

[Zakabog]

I just woke up and on reading the title I thought they meant Oracle was actually purchasing the sun...

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