After Sun acquired MySQL, it launched a complete product line of open source databases.

Sun announced that it had completed its acquisition of MySQLAB, the world's most popular open-source database developer, for about $1 billion. Sun also said that it will immediately provide MySQL's complete product lines and Enterprise Services, which will be available to more than 17,000 sales and service organizations around the world, and support for a wide range of authorized international distribution channels. Pair

Sun announced that it had completed the merger of MySQL AB, the world's most popular open-source database developer, for about $1 billion. Sun also said that it will immediately provide MySQL's complete product lines and Enterprise Services, which will be available to more than 17,000 sales and service organizations around the world, and support for a wide range of authorized international distribution channels. Pair

Sun announced that it had completed the merger of MySQL AB, the world's most popular open-source database developer, for about $1 billion. Sun also said that it will immediately provide MySQL's complete product lines and Enterprise Services, which will be available to more than 17,000 sales and service organizations around the world, and support for a wide range of authorized international distribution channels. Sun now provides a simple and secure choice for customers and developers worldwide who want to deploy MySQL. From now on, you can download mysqlfrom http://www.sun.com/mysql/download.

"Since Sun's M & A relationship with MySQL, we have received extremely enthusiastic responses and support from customers and community members. They are very happy to see a large number of innovative MySQL technologies, "This is the first time in history, enterprises and institutions around the world can unify to a standard open-source platform that receives market support and meet their various needs in terms of scale, quality, and Global Services."

24-hour uninterrupted Enterprise Support and Services

Sun also announced that it will quickly provide global users with one-year enterprise-class database orders and services for the entire MySQL Product Line 7x24, to ensure that global IT organizations have the advantage of leading open databases in the network economy. Based on extensive support for a variety of platforms, including Solaris, Linux, and Windows, enterprise customers will face lower risks in expanding their scale and deploying MySQL in a variety of key business applications, enjoy more flexibility and choices. You can sign a free subscription agreement for the MySQL Enterprise Edition at http://www.sun.com/mysql/trial. Sun also provides an unlimited Enterprise Edition of MySQL to help customers deploy and manage MySQL Enterprise Application Servers at a very reasonable price.

Sun's new MySQL database is a key part of the popular software that creates a large number of Web 2.0 applications. MySQL databases are deployed together with Solaris OS, OpenSolaris solutions, and Sun's highly complementary hardware systems, providing a powerful end-to-end platform for customers of all sizes, from individual developers to the largest global enterprise. For general platform vendors such as Dell, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Red Hat, and Zend, MySQL continues its commitment to its strategic partnership. Sun's M & A on MySQL allowed Sun to firmly enter the database market worth $15 billion and strengthened Sun's leadership in the open source software field, and established the company's leading edge in the network economy.

"As a developer of open-source Web applications and services that closely cooperate with Sun and MySQL, we believe that, the merged company will better meet our IT needs today, tomorrow and the Future, "said Joshua Rand, CEO of Sapotek." We are confident that, the merger and acquisition of MySQL will strengthen Sun's commitment to providing comprehensive hardware, software and services. A complete end-to-end platform will also save us a lot of money. The merger of MySQL and Sun provides unlimited possibilities and the highest level of quality assurance for the community, and will make an important contribution to open-source operations around the world ."

Since the launch of MySQL, the total number of high-performance open source database software downloads and distribution has exceeded 0.1 billion. Since Sun published the merger and acquisition of MySQL, the number of MySQL database downloads increased from 50,000 to more than 60,000 every day. Such a wide penetration rate, coupled with the strength of MySQL in the Web 2.0, SaaS (software as a service), enterprise IT, telecom, and embedded OEM markets, makes MySQL an important supplement to Sun.

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