Posts Tagged Sun
Oracle to own MySQL
Posted by ITechLog in Open Source on April 21st, 2009
Sun and Oracle today announced a definitive agreement for Oracle to acquire Sun for $9.50 per share in cash. The Sun Board of Directors has unanimously approved the transaction. It is anticipated to close this summer. This news comes as a shock after IBM recently failed to reach an agreement with Sun Microsystems.
What’s the [...]
OpenOffice is sick
Posted by ITechLog in Open Source on January 14th, 2009
According to this article “Measuring the true success of Openoffice.org” by Michael Meeks, the beloved OpenOffice is sick, sick because of Sun.
“…the statistics show a picture of slow disengagement by Sun, combined with a spectacular lack of growth in the developer community. In a healthy project we would expect to see a large [...]
