Database Domination
In the latest news gripping the I.T. industry, Oracle has just agreed to buy Sun Microsystems for $7.4 Billion. The board of both companies has already agreed to the deal in principle, and it should be finalized within the next few months barring any antitrust problems.
This is exciting news indeed, most especially for end users familiar with both companies. Sun Microsystems is the owner of the widely used Java programming language, and the thought of better (and easier) integration with Oracle’s database systems should be something to look forward to. Aside from that, what’s really grabbing my interest is that fact that Sun Microsystems also owns MySQL, arguably the most popular database system used in web based applications. It’s the database system I use in developing web applications and it has certainly stood the test of time, data, and traffic. I’m curious to see just how Oracle can improve upon the current MySQL architecture, maybe we will start seeing more and more Oracle features in MySQL?
It should be interesting to see any product developments that might happen over the next few months and years. My only regret was not getting hold of Sun Microsystems stock before when IBM backed off from purchasing the company. The stock jumped 30% yesterday and should increase few more percentage points.