Ken Thompson and Google are hoping to make a stride forward with the simplification of programming languages with the introduction of ‘Go’ – more info here.
Google makes offer to buyout AdMob
Google has made a $750 million dollar stock offer to buyout AdMob, the mobile ad company behind the majority of mobile ad banners on iPhone and Android apps.
EU officially block Oracle buyout of Sun
The EU’s European Commission has blocked Oracle’s buyout of Sun over concerns with the future of MySQL. Admittedly, due to the overlap with Oracle’s database business and the MySQL open source database there is reason for the concern, but Oracle’s response is that you cannot control something that is open source – the community is in control. That might be so, but as part of the buyout you’ll be acquiring a number of full time MySQL employees, right? I assume there must be some employees left after they were initially bought by Sun? Isn’t there a Professional Services group? I wonder what Oracle plans for these guys?
EU delay to approving Oracle buyout of Sun may force Oracle to drop the deal?
The ongoing delay by the EU to approve the Oracle buyout of Sun may have dire consequences, as it’s costing both Sun and Oracle money to continue operating in their current positions without being able to take any action to integrate the two companies and start to reduce costs. Speculation on this site is that Oracle may be forced to drop the deal if Sun’s stock price continues to drop, since at a point the value of the company stock will be below Oracle’s original buyout offer. At that point it wouldn’t make sense for Oracle to continue with the deal. What happens at that point may be disastrous for Sun if Oracle backs out of the deal, since Sun may not be able to continue alone viably at that point.