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Why MySQL Sold Out

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 7, 2008

“It’s good to see MySQL’s CEO, Marten Mickos, explaining his
reasons for abandoning the company’s IPO in favor of being acquired
by Sun. What made him and the open source database company’s top
brass change their minds (apart from $1bn)? Mickos lists ten
factors that convinced him that Sun was the better option:

  1. “‘Jonathan Schwartz is a brilliant CEO and he has a great team.
    Who wouldn’t want to work for him?
  2. “‘Sun has always had the same focus as MySQL on the networked
    world. Focus and alignment…!”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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