Oracle raises cost of low-end MySQL support Oracle has apparently raised the price of an entry-level MySQL subscription significantly. Sun Microsystems, which Oracle bought this year, had offered subscription pricing for the open-source database starting at $599 per server per year

Oracle defies skeptics with Sparc T3 servers Oracle has announced new servers based on the Sparc T3 processor, a chip that began life at Sun Microsystems and which some said might never see the light of day. Known previously by its code name, Rainbow Falls, the Sparc T3 has 16 processor cores, twice as many as Sun’s current high-end chip, the UltraSparc T2 Plus, which was released about two years ago. Oracle appears to have made a slight branding change, shortening UltraSparc to simply Sparc

JavaFX 2.0 update due late 2011 JavaFX, the rich Internet application platform launched in 2007 by Sun Microsystems, will be refreshed next year, although the mobile version of the technology apparently has been placed on the back burner.

Oracle’s Suit Against Android Could Split Open Source Oracle’s suit against Google for the use of Java in its Android portable operating system continues to reverberate through the open-source movement. In the newest development, Google has declined to participate in the upcoming JavaOne conference, an event formerly hosted by Java creator Sun Microsystems and now run by Sun’s new owner, Oracle. Joshua Bloch of Google’s Open Source Programs Office, in a posting Friday on the company’s open-source blog, wrote that Google wished it could attend, “but Oracle’s recent lawsuit against Google and open source has made it impossible for us to freely share our thoughts about the future of Java and open source generally.” Bloch noted that the company had attended every JavaOne event since 2004.

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Appeal lodged against EU approval of Oracle-Sun merger Monty Widenius, a leading open-source software proponent, lodged an appeal on Friday against the European Union’s antitrust authorities over their decision to green-light Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems at the beginning of this year. The appeal was filed to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.

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