Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL: I guess if you can’t buy them, screw them instead.

MySQL Chief Executive Marten Mickos confirmed the acquisition attempt in an interview at the Open Source Business Conference here but wouldn’t provide details such as when the approach was made or how much money Oracle offered.

He did, however, say why he turned down Oracle’s offer: the desire to keep his company’s independence. “We will be part of a larger company, but it will be called MySQL,” Mickos said.

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1. Comment by Million Dollar, June 20, 2006 9:39 pm

   Good news – minus one monopoly.

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