Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL, Developer of the World's Most Popular Open Source Database

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. - January 16, 2008 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of the world's fastest growing open source databases for approximately $1 billion in total consideration. The acquisition accelerates Sun's position in enterprise IT to now include the $15 billion database market. Today's announcement reaffirms Sun's position as the leading provider of platforms for the Web economy and its role as the largest commercial open source contributor.

Date: January, 16 2008
Url: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-01/sunflash.20080116.1.xml

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