Sun Shines on LAMP  —  This morning we announced that Sun Microsystems has signed a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL.  Having spent the last four plus years working on making MySQL into a strong independent company, this is a bit of a change of strategy, but from my perspective it’s all for the good.

Source:   […]

Surprise!  Oracle buys BEA Systems  —  The clumsy courtship between Oracle and BEA Systems is over.  Oracle said Wednesday that it will acquire BEA for $19.375 a share in cash.  —  The offer puts the value of BEA at roughly $8.5 billion.  —  It was a strange courtship to say the least.

Source:   Between the […]

Sun To Acquire MySQL  —  Sun Microsystems announced this morning that it has agreed to acquire open source database leader MySQL AB for $1 billion in cash and assumed stock options.  (Disclosure: I am on the board of directors of MySQL, and O’Reilly co-produces the MySQL User Conference with MySQL.

Source:   O’Reilly Radar
Author:   Tim […]

Helping Dolphins Fly  —  We announced big news today - our preliminary results for our fiscal second quarter, and as importantly, that we’re acquiring MySQL AB.  —  If you’re interested in the financial details for the quarter, tune in to our conference call (see details on sun.com) today …

Source:   Jonathan Schwartz’s Blog
Author:   Jonathan […]

Why we’re going to FastCompany.tv  —  Ahh, Andy Plesser broke my career news again (he was the guy who broke my news about leaving Microsoft too).  Louis Gray got the story first, though, I think, although I told dozens of people at the BlogHaus last week at CES.

Source:   Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger
Author:   […]

Facebook asked to pull Scrabulous  —  Facebook has been asked to remove the Scrabulous game from its website by the makers of Scrabble.  —  The Facebook add-on has proved hugely popular on the social network site and regularly racks up more than 500,000 daily users.

Source:   BBC
Link:   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7191264.stm

Apple Reinvents Film Biz With iTunes Movie Rentals  —  Apple is about to turn the movie rentals business on its ear.  —  The new iTunes movie rentals service, announced Tuesday by Apple CEO Steve Jobs during his Macworld Expo keynote, is powered by deals with all the major film studios …

Source:   Wired News
Author:   […]

Robert Scoble to Launch Online Video Network At Fast Company — Post Update: We Interviewed Scoble’s New Boss This Morning  —  Robert Scoble, who pioneered tech videoblogging at Microsoft with Channel 9 and produced hundreds of segments during his tenure at PodTech, is launching a new business television network for Fast Company.

Source:   Beet.TV
Author:   […]

Robert Scoble to Launch Online Video Network At Fast Company  —  Robert Scoble, who pioneered tech videoblogging at Microsoft with Channel 9 and produced hundreds of segments during his tenure at PodTech, is launching a new business television network for Fast Company.

Source:   Beet.TV
Author:   Andy Plesser
Link:   http://www.beet.tv/2008/01/robert-scoble-w.html

Another Media Exec Leaves Yahoo  —  As Yahoo narrows its focus on a few key priorities, it’s not surprising to see those whose projects fall outside those areas leave the company.  And Yahoo’s media group, whose once lofty mission to produce original, Hollywood-style content has been scaled …

Source:   Bits
Author:   Miguel Helft
Link:   http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/another…