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August 6, 2009

Oracle Purchases Sun

Great article from a great blog today:

Oracle’s purchase of Sun went on hold while the DoJ continues its review. Last Friday, Daniel Wall, a lawyer at Latham & Watkin representing Oracle, said that “we were almost able to resolve everything before the Second Request deadline. All that’s left is one narrow issue about the way rights to Java are licensed that is never going to get in the way of the deal.” So, what does Oracle owning Java mean to technology companies? The answer depends on if your perspective.theCTO, The CTO’s blog, Jul 2009

There are a lot of questions that I’m sure developers world-wide are asking:
What happens to MySQL?
What happens to GlassFish?
What happens to Netbeans?