Australian MySQL expert Arjen Lentz today said that Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems and the associated MySQL open-source database assets was not a problem for MySQL users.
Yahoo announced on Saturday night that it rejected a joint-buyout proposal that Microsoft and investor activist Carl Icahn offered the night before, which called for a "complex restructuring" and sale of Yahoo's search business to Microsoft.
The saga of IBA Health's acquisition of iSoft is has now been concluded, following the completion of legal manoeuvres which allow the takeover to go ahead.
Software provider BEA Systems said it had "no control" over whether any hostile takeover offer was made, following an indication from Oracle that the company was one of its take-over candidates.
Technology distributor Ingram Micro has announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase Australian based company Tech Pacific for AU$700 million, in a move designed to strengthen its Asia Pacific presence.
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