Oracle buys BEA

Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in comment, m&a | 2 Comments »

So, BEA and Oracle have come to a price both can agree on - I did blog this a while ago, and after destroying my wordpress install have managed to ... Read more..

Sun buys MySQL

Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in comment, m&a, news | No Comments »

Two major announcements to comment on today (Sun and MySQL, and Oracle and BEA)- but they both merit separate posts. Sun has acquired MySQL AB the Swedish software company behind the ... Read more..

The EU and Microsoft – Another investigation or two…

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 Posted in ip patents and regulation | 4 Comments »

The EU has recently announced two new anti-trust investigations against Microsoft. The first is the result of a complaint by European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) in which ECIS alleges ... Read more..