MySQL Creator Fights on Against Oracle

“One thing that’s safe to say about Michael ‘Monty’ Widenius,
MySQL’s creator and founder, is that he’s as tenacious and
determined as the man he’s fighting – Oracle CEO Larry
Ellison.

“Despite the fact that the Oracle-Sun Microsystems merger is
looking like a done deal, thanks to a successful appeal by Oracle
(NASDAQ: ORCL) and its allies to the skeptical European Union’s
commission on competition, Widenius is launching a worldwide
petition in a last-ditch effort to stop the merger.

“The petition, called “Save MySQL!,” vows to “keep gathering
support until the very end of the process,” which would be next
month.”

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