The sun has not yet set on this debate

Dave Bailey
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It is clear why Oracle is keen to retain MySQL ­- and why the EU seems just as keen on quashing the deal for the sake of competitiveness

Anybody who sat through the 86-minute YouTube video of Sun Microsystems’ former president, Ed Zander, grilling Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison at the Churchill Club in Silicon Valley, will be ...

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