Founder of MySQL: Oracle should discard MySQL to make sure sun is acquired

On August 15, October 19, Beijing time, according to foreign media reports, MySQL database founder Michael widenius said on Monday that on the acquisition of Sun Microsystems, oracle should promise to sell sun's open-source database MySQL to address the anti-monopoly concerns of the outside.

The European Commission announced in May September 3 that it will conduct a more comprehensive and in-depth anti-monopoly investigation on Oracle and Sun's acquisitions. The European Commission said the transaction would result in high product prices and restrict consumers' choices in the database software market. The European Union said at the time that it would carefully investigate Sun's MySQL database, an open-source database software adopted by many network companies. It is a competitor to Oracle's industry-leading database software.

Oracle announced in April this year that it would spend $7.4 billion to acquire sun, which has passed the US Department of Justice's investigation. Therefore, whether the EU approves the deal is the biggest suspense about whether it can be successfully completed. The European Commission has 90 days to start the investigation and make a final decision to approve or prohibit oracle from acquiring sun.

"MySQL needs a new East house, but it cannot be Oracle," venius said on Monday. In this new home, MySQL will not have any conflict of interests and will be further developed ." MySQL is widely used by some popular websites, including Google, Facebook, and Amazon. The mainstream customers of MySQL are small and medium-sized enterprises. At present, the main competitor of MySQL is Microsoft's SQL Server.

Oracle's current database product is the best-selling product in the market. Because MySQL is an open-source software, most companies that use this product will not pay for the software. Industry analysts believe that the delay in Oracle's acquisition of sun will cause sun to suffer a lot, because the company's competitors will have more time to trash customers from sun. After Oracle announced its acquisition of sun in April this year, HP and IBM have launched discounts and rewards for Sun's customers.