Like the title says: Oracle buys Sun. After the failed acquisition from IBM, Oracle now jumps in and buys Sun.

I am still not sure what this means to the Java world, but this is big news! However, my first thought was: what happens now to MySQL?

Some links:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=16598

http://java.dzone.com/news/oracle-buys-sun

Update:

My second thought: Dies the Java client movement (JavaFX) with this deal?TimeWhale Time Tracking

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