Oracle, the world's largest developer of private database software, acquired Sun, the world's leading open-source database company. The future of the open-source database MySQL worried many people, including the EU. At present, the Oracle CEO Larry Ellison officially states that Oracle will not split or give up MySQL, because there is no competition between MySQL and Oracle.
Ellison said that there is no competition between MySQL and Oracle. Oracle's competitors are DB2, Microsoft's SQL Server, Sybase and others. MySQL targets different markets. Ellison urged Europe to approve Oracle's acquisition of Sun as soon as possible, believing that delay will only hurt Sun. "The longer the time is, the more Sun will lose ." Ellison claims that Oracle will keep everything Sun has, including storage technology, X86 technology, and iSCSI technology, and will increase investment.