Tokutek Acquires Oracle

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/


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Re: Re: Tokutek Acquires Oracle

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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



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Re: Tokutek Acquires Oracle

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: Re: Tokutek Acquires Oracle

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Ashley Sheridan
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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