Inside Sun’s integration of MySQL

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Feb 26, 20081 min

Now that Sun has officially closed its acquisition of MySQL, Zack Urlocker shares some observations on the process.

Urlocker, you’ll recall, serves as MySQL’s executive vice president of products.

“The approach that the Sun execs and managers have taken has been professional and respectful every step of the way,” Urlocker writes in Integrating MySQL with Sun. “To Sun’s credit, they have demonstrated tremendous flexibility and agility with this acquisition.”

Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz said this morning that the open source database is not only a perfect fit in terms of culture, business and technology, but also the most important purchase in Sun’s history.