[PHP] Re: Tokutek Acquires Oracle

2010-04-01 Thread Nathan Rixham
Daevid Vincent wrote:
 http://tokutek.com/2010/04/tokutek-acquires-oracle/
 
 April 1, 2010, Totutek, Inc., announced the acquisition of Oracle
 Corporation. Tokutek has long been a supporter of open-source software
 said John Partridge, CEO of Tokutek. Oracle is an innovative small company
 the develops database front ends such as MySQL. Tokutek intends to continue
 developing the MySQL technology and expand our commitment to open-soure
 software. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's role has not been determined. Other
 than a statement that the transaction is an all-stock transaction, terms of
 the transaction were not disclosed.
 
 http://planet.mysql.com/
 

but sadly..

Tokutek's acquisitions of Oracle, Apple, HP, Microsoft and Google were
today blocked by the European Union on the basis that the announced
acquisitions were 'in bad taste'. 

http://tokutek.com/2010/04/tokuteks-acquisitions-blocked-by-eu/

shame

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Re: [PHP] Re: Tokutek Acquires Oracle

2010-04-01 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 21:58 +0100, Nathan Rixham wrote:

 Daevid Vincent wrote:
  http://tokutek.com/2010/04/tokutek-acquires-oracle/
  
  April 1, 2010, Totutek, Inc., announced the acquisition of Oracle
  Corporation. Tokutek has long been a supporter of open-source software
  said John Partridge, CEO of Tokutek. Oracle is an innovative small company
  the develops database front ends such as MySQL. Tokutek intends to continue
  developing the MySQL technology and expand our commitment to open-soure
  software. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's role has not been determined. Other
  than a statement that the transaction is an all-stock transaction, terms of
  the transaction were not disclosed.
  
  http://planet.mysql.com/
  
 
 but sadly..
 
 Tokutek's acquisitions of Oracle, Apple, HP, Microsoft and Google were
 today blocked by the European Union on the basis that the announced
 acquisitions were 'in bad taste'. 
 
 http://tokutek.com/2010/04/tokuteks-acquisitions-blocked-by-eu/
 
 shame
 


An April fools? It looks decidedly odd...

Speaking of which, has anyone checked out Googles new Animal
Translate? :p

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk




Re: [PHP] Re: Tokutek Acquires Oracle

2010-04-01 Thread Tommy Pham
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Ashley Sheridan
a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk wrote:
 On Thu, 2010-04-01 at 21:58 +0100, Nathan Rixham wrote:

 Daevid Vincent wrote:
  http://tokutek.com/2010/04/tokutek-acquires-oracle/
 
  April 1, 2010, Totutek, Inc., announced the acquisition of Oracle
  Corporation. Tokutek has long been a supporter of open-source software
  said John Partridge, CEO of Tokutek. Oracle is an innovative small company
  the develops database front ends such as MySQL. Tokutek intends to continue
  developing the MySQL technology and expand our commitment to open-soure
  software. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's role has not been determined. Other
  than a statement that the transaction is an all-stock transaction, terms of
  the transaction were not disclosed.
 
  http://planet.mysql.com/
 

 but sadly..

 Tokutek's acquisitions of Oracle, Apple, HP, Microsoft and Google were
 today blocked by the European Union on the basis that the announced
 acquisitions were 'in bad taste'. 

 http://tokutek.com/2010/04/tokuteks-acquisitions-blocked-by-eu/

 shame



 An April fools? It looks decidedly odd...

 Speaking of which, has anyone checked out Googles new Animal
 Translate? :p


BTW, did you know that laptop can fly?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVwhrJirgp0

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