Oracle CEO: We Never Compete With MySQL; Will Not Spin It Off… Ever! (video)

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison before an un-scripted conversation with Eddy Zander, former Motorola CEO

Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison before an "un-scripted" conversation with "Eddy" Zander, former Motorola CEO

In a conversation with former Motorola CEO Ed Zander – hosted by the Churchill Club – last night, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said loud and clear that it will not spin off or kill MySQL, no matter what the European Union says about his deal to acquire Sun Microsystems.

“We never compete with MySQL… We’re not going to spin it off. The U.S. government cleared this. We think the Europeans are going to clear this,” pounded Ellison.

I’m sure that’ll please the bureaucrats in Brussels that are “thoroughly” reviewing the deal over some mussels and crispy triply-fried (Belgian) fries :-)

5 Responses to Oracle CEO: We Never Compete With MySQL; Will Not Spin It Off… Ever! (video)

  1. [...] appeared together on stage last night at an event organized by the Churchill Club. TechPulse360 reported that Larry Ellison said he would not spin-off MySQL despite possible objections by European [...]

  2. [...] le montre la vidéo enregistrée hier par notre confrère Jean-Baptiste Su pour son blog Techpulse360. Il ne tuera pas non plus MySQL. L’histoire ne dit pas ce qu’il compte réellement [...]

  3. [...] Ellison sided with operators on net neutrality, a position that was overlooked during his last appearance at the Churchill Club last [...]

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