Despite what Joshua says, I'd like to stick my neck out and state that it's going to be a long long way before this deal closes, that is if it works out. Anything Microsoft come up with is scrutinized three times more and there are still souls in Yahoo that would die than see Yahoo taken over by Microsoft. The enormous clout GOOGLE enjoys in the online search and advertising stream could be giving Steve Ballmer nightmares but this time he's facing an Eric Schmidt who is stronger in experience and has risen after been smacked the last time like a phoenix.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Open Source Ahoy!
The first big Open Source sell off is finally going to happen, I'm sure a lot of VC's and business gurus are watching this development with mixed reactions. How can a company that has it's code out there in the open still make profits and be valued so high? The genius is in the details as always, this company specializes in high end consulting and solutions.
http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/sun-to-acquire-mysql.html
SUN is all set to take over MySQL for (hold your breath) $1 billion, the largest price till date in the open source industry. As one of the early bunch of guys who began to deploy MySQL to customers because they didn't have to pay for it, I can vouch for it's stability. MySQL has also evolved over the years starting from being a simple database solution to getting into the more intricate areas and in it's current form can directly take the fight to ORACLE and most importantly Microsoft's SQL Server.
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