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In a Vortex

“In a vortex. That’s the only way to describe the past thirty
days, during which we closed out our second quarter, and put
together the transaction to acquire MySQL. How’d it all start?

“‘That’ll never happen, I’ve been trying for years.’ That’s what
I told Rich Green (EVP, Software at Sun) about six months ago in
response to his assertion, ‘if there were one company I’d love to
acquire, it’d be MySQL. They’re an amazing company.’ Why’d I say it
was impossible…?”

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