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Sun Buys VirtualBox Virtualization Software

Original Post authored by Stacey Higginbotham on 2/13/2008 on GigaOm

If only it were green. ThatοΎ’s what I found myself thinking after Sun Microsystems said itοΎ’s paid an undisclosed amount for Innotek, the makers of open-source desktop virtualization software VirtualBox Virtual Machine.


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Sun Buys MySQL for $1B and Wall Street Mourns

Original Post authored by Stacey Higginbotham on 1/16/2008 on GigaOM
Sun Microsystems said today it would pay $1 billion to buy privately held open-source database maker MySQL, a move that strengthens Sun?s ability to offer an alternative to proprietary software.


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