Sun/Oracle deal fail shows EU doesn’t get open source

“The deal breaker is Oracle’s ownership of the open source MySQL
database, which to me makes no sense whatsoever and is proof
positive that the EC/EU doesn’t understand the open source model at
all.

“The EU objection in my opinion will do more harm than good to
both Oracle and Sun, as well as the MySQL database that the EU is
trying to protect.

“I also think that if the objection stands and the deal is
blocked, it will also be a very bad omen for the entire open source
market.”

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