European Commission Approves Oracle-Sun Merger 144
rubycodez writes "The anti-trust body of the EU, the European Commission, has approved Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, believing competition would be preserved. It saw PostgreSQL as a viable independent alternative to MySQL and that market access to Java would not be restricted. Uncertainty about Sun's future has cost over a billion dollars in lost sales in the past year."
Monty (Score:4, Funny)
Monty is going to have a fit.
Re:My tax Euros at work (Score:4, Funny)
I'm taxed in Pounds you insensitive clod. Not that EU taxes probably account for much compared with just the interest on Gordon Brown's debts.
Great Idea! (Score:2, Funny)
I for one am totally in favor of merging Oracle with the Sun. Oh wait...they meant the "other" Sun...damn :(
Re:Monty (Score:5, Funny)
maybe eu approved the deal because they got annoyed by monty
Re:Monty (Score:2, Funny)
"maybe eu approved the deal because they got annoyed by monty"
More likely that Oracle's check finally cleared.