Hmm.. this seems like a really neat development. I really feel Sun Microsystems is a great company and I really appreciate the way Sun conducts its business. I love Java, which is a great innovation, and Netbeans is just one example of how well Sun can run an open source software project. The other one is Open Office, the powerful open source office suite for those who can’t afford Microsoft Office or who run other operating systems than Windows.

For the developers, I think this $1 billion acquisition is going to be a good news. I think we would be having much more relaxed licensing terms as compared to MySQL’s current terms of licensing. I think this would open up MySQL more. I am yet to investigate the Solaris OS offering from Sun because of lack of time perhaps but some people do tell me that Solaris OS is one big powerful monster itself in various situations.

I think Sun has taken a really good step in a positive direction and this is going to do good to the Developer community.

Click here to read the official press release from Sun Microsystems.