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    Oracle vows fight as EC objects to acquisition of Sun
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    The Redwood Shores, California-based Oracle said "the Commission's Statement of Objections reveals a profound misunderstanding of both database competition and open source dynamics. The database market is intensely competitive with at least eight strong players, including IBM, Microsoft, Sybase and three distinct open source vendors" Oracle said. "Oracle and MySQL are very different database products. Full Article at EUbusiness
    the Commission's Statement of Objections reveals a profound misunderstanding of both database competition and open source dynamics. The database market is intensely competitive with at least eight strong players, including IBM, Microsoft, Sybase and three distinct open source vendors
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 3 weeks ago
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Oracle vows fight as EC objects to acquisition of Sun
  1. The transaction does not threaten to reduce competition in the slightest, including in the database market
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 3 weeks ago
  2. We remain hopeful that the parties and the EC will reach a speedy resolution that benefits consumers in the Commission's jurisdiction. The Department and the European Commission have a strong and positive relationship on competition policy matters
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 3 weeks ago
  3. Mergers like this occur regularly and have not been prohibited by United States or European regulators in decades
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 3 weeks ago
  4. Oracle and MySQL are very different database products. There is no basis in European law for objecting to a merger of two among eight firms selling differentiated products
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 3 weeks ago
  5. The two competition authorities have enjoyed close and cooperative relations. The Antitrust Division will continue to work constructively with the EC and competition authorities in other jurisdictions to preserve sound antitrust enforcement policies that benefit consumers around the world
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 3 weeks ago
  6. At this point in its process, it appears that the EC holds a different view
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 3 weeks ago
  7. Given the lack of any credible theory or evidence of competitive harm, we are confident we will ultimately obtain unconditional clearance of the transaction
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 3 weeks ago
  8. After conducting a careful investigation of the proposed transaction between Oracle and Sun, the Department's Antitrust Division concluded that the merger is unlikely to be anticompetitive
    SOURCE: EUbusiness 3 weeks ago

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