Sun Already Reaping Rewards from MySQL Acquisition
Just days after finalizing the acquisition of MySQL, the former CEO of open source database firm MySQL Marten Mickos told Computer Business Review that the deal is already boosting the firm’s business.
Free downloads of MySQL have increased by approximately 10,000 per day, from an estimated 50,000 per day before the deal was announced to around 60,000 now. Reportedly, 67,000 copies were downloaded this past Monday.
“My own estimate is that of those 60,000, around 6,000 are new, active installations,” said Mickos, who now holds the position of senior vice president of database technology at Sun. “Even that is a staggering volume.”
Additionally, Mickos noted: “As soon as the deal closed we immediately secured a big deal with a major European national police agency. Key to them choosing MySQL was that we are now part of a much larger public corporation. The deal wouldn’t have happened when we were private.”
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