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Sun Completes Acquisition of MySQL
On Tuesday, April 15, Sun announced the pending general availability of MySQL 5.1, a new version of the world's most popular open source database, designed to improve performance and simplify management of large database applications. A near-final release candidate of the GPL software is available for download now at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/.
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Upcoming Events
Catch the Sun-MySQL World Tour and Community Town Hall
To toast the success of the acquisition and engage with customers, employees, community developers and partners, Sun and MySQL executives will kick-off a global tour in March, hitting major cities worldwide leading up to the popular MySQL Conference & Expo in April. Every Sun-MySQL community can participate online, including videos, photos and comments from each stop at www.sun.com/mysqltour. This site will invite the public to visit the tour in a nearby city to meet Sun-MySQL executives, local developers and other open source enthusiasts. Details for an online tour stop will also be available; a Community Town Hall event is slated for March 4, 2008, and will be hosted by Jonathan Schwartz, Rich Green, executive vice president of Sun Software, and Marten Mickos, senior vice president of Sun's newly formed Database Group within Sun's Software division, among others.
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Multimedia
Jonathan on Nightly Business Report
— Jonathan Schwartz, Rich Green, Marten Mickos (CEO of MySQL) and Greg Papadopoulos
— Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL, and Sun's Rich Green
— Rich Green and Marten Mickos celebrate Sun's intent to acquire MySQL at an event in Orlando, FL
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— Jonathan Schwartz and Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL
— Sun and MySQL team members at an event on Orlando, FL on Wedneday, January 16.
— Announcing Sun's intent to acquire MySQL, Rich Green gives Marten Mickos a Sun t-shirt
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Press Contacts
Dana Lengkeek
Corporate Integrity Financials
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
650-786-4017
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Sun Analyst Relations Group Manager
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
650-264-2335
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