Sun Snaps Up Database Firm, MySQL

“Sun Microsystems elbowed into the enterprise database market Wednesday with the announcement of a proposed $1 billion acquisition of MySQL, an open-source database software company.”

For more see, the Forbes article.
You know, one thing that MySQL buys Sun is experience in making money from GPL software. Now that Java is Sun’s ticker symbol, perhaps they are ready to create more Java revenue. Maybe it’s not about becoming a “database” company, but about becoming a “GPL” company.