MariaDB shareholders approve private equity takeover

Majority of shareholders have chosen to support the K1 bid

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MariaDB shareholders approve private equity takeover

Opensource database MariaDB, has received backing from its shareholders for a private equity takeover bid.

The MySQL fork, which lists Samsung, Nokia and ServiceNow among its clients, has recently been the subject of competing bids from private equity firm K1 Investment Management and application develo...

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