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on April 20, 2009
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Oracle to buy Sun
And now they will have to implement a whole new company. Sigh, I want to feel optimistic about this buyout, but somehow I don't.
briansmith
on April 20, 2009
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Monty already left Sun last month to start his own fork of MySQL.
staunch
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The Open Source golden parachute.
briansmith
on April 20, 2009
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Let's wait and see if he actually makes any money before we call it "golden".
jonknee
on April 20, 2009
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I think the billion dollar exit and then quick departure would be the referenced golden parachute.
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on April 21, 2009
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