Analysis says Oracle needs to peel MySQL

Beijing time September 16 morning news, according to foreign media reports, market research company Global Equities study analyst Tripp Chodri (Trip Chowdhry), in order to make the acquisition of Sun's plan won the EU antitrust regulator approval, Oracle may need to divest or sell Sun's MySQL open source database business.

Chaudhry said the "MySQL community" is deeply concerned about Oracle's ownership of MySQL, saying users do not believe Oracle will "be charitable". More important, of course, is the attitude of EU regulators, because it is the "last hurdle" that Oracle's acquisition of the Sun deal can accomplish. Chaudhry points out that EU regulators may think Oracle's ownership of MySQL could weaken competition in the corporate database market.

Chaudhry points out that more than 98% per cent of MySQL customers do not buy paid support services and that MySQL does not have more than 50 million dollars a year in revenue. "Oracle may need to divest the MySQL business in order to get approval for the acquisition of Sun," Chaudhry wrote in the report. He points out that, on the other hand, stripping MySQL is good for Oracle, "MySQL is a burden, not an asset."