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By Stephen Shankland CNET News
Posted on ZDNet News: Nov 04, 2009 4:49:29 AM

Oracle is taking a hard line in dealing with EU objections to its planned acquisition of Sun, according to a Financial Times report on Tuesday.

EU antitrust regulators are concerned that Oracle, which has a large business in proprietary software, will not be a good home for Sun's open-source MySQL database business. According to the report, Oracle is unyielding, offering no concessions to deal with the European Commission's concerns.

That stance could lead the regulators to issue a formal complaint objecting to the deal, and that move could occur within days, according unnamed sources in the story. Neither the EU or Oracle commented for the story.

For more, read "Oracle not yielding to EU with Sun buy, says report" on CNET News.

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EU is group of sadist people or what?
HI,

I dont know the total trade secret behind this whole scenario, but I know one thing.

Sun wanted a bail out and Oracle offered it. Jesus, this people wont let some one come out of th... (Read the rest)
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Oh my, must not up set the crazy EU.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/04/09
Oracle has spines  LBiege | 11/04/09
A small question  Quebec-french | 11/04/09
Because Oracle does business in the E.U.  bearded-grey | 11/04/09
EU should focus on M$ and Inhel...  Linux Geek | 11/04/09
I almost had to  Erroneous | 11/04/09
LOL - The name says it all - LOL I thought that was  USTechHead | 11/04/09
LOL, EU is the villan - yes you are correct Boo Hoo "save us"...rubbish nt  USTechHead | 11/04/09
Great...  Ceridan | 11/04/09
they already have...  scotth_z | 11/04/09
Great someone has the guts to stand up to the  USTechHead | 11/04/09
The EU a joke?  CounterEthicsCommissioner | 11/04/09
So we don't need to send EU aid then?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/04/09
Foolish Noaxe...  CounterEthicsCommissioner | 11/04/09
1-800-Waaaaaaaa They can help with that stinging backside.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/04/09
Actually no, NoAxe.  CounterEthicsCommissioner | 11/04/09
A matter of copyright  Mitch 74 | 11/04/09
It is disgraceful...  Socratesfoot | 11/04/09
Comparison  Eleutherios | 11/04/09
Global power structures are changing.  gtaylor2 | 11/04/09
RE: Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy  kovachevg@... | 11/04/09
RE: Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy  Aragorn_z | 11/04/09
RE: Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy  super_J | 11/04/09
Socialist remarks are true, no matter how you wish to slice it  Aragorn_z | 11/04/09
commie  super_J | 11/04/09
Socialist?  Eleutherios | 11/04/09
MySQL  Eleutherios | 11/04/09
This isn't about socialist/capitalist. It's about anti-trust laws.  CounterEthicsCommissioner | 11/04/09
The philosophy of the governments involved count  Aragorn_z | 11/04/09
"Nature of their government"?  CounterEthicsCommissioner | 11/04/09
It shouldn't be, but ...  super_J | 11/04/09
Bull its ALWAYS about the money.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/04/09
So?  CounterEthicsCommissioner | 11/04/09
Capitalism = Money  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/04/09
Lol - you're caught now.  CounterEthicsCommissioner | 11/04/09
EU is group of sadist people or what?  digish777 | 11/10/09

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