Sun acquires MySQL

“After all the industry speculation about MySQL being a hot 2008 IPO, this probably takes most of us by surprise, users, community members, customers, partners, and employees. And for all of these stakeholders, it may take some time to digest what this means. Depending on one’s relationship to MySQL, the immediate reaction upon hearing the news may be a mixture of various feelings, including excitement, pride, disbelief and satisfaction, but also anxiety.”

The deal is for approximately $1 billion in total consideration!

From: http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/sun-acquires-mysql.html/
also more at Sun’s announcement:
http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-01/sunflash.20080116.1.xml