MySQL Gets New Home (Again)

Just over a year ago, Sun announced it was buying MySQL, Now, Oracle and Sun have announced an agreement where Oracle will acquire Sun.

Sun Solaris is the primary platform for Oracle and this deal will enable Oracle to optimize the Solaris operating system and database engines for peak performance in high-end applications. The transaction is valued at $5-7 billion.

It will be some time before the effects of this deal are truly known