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MySQL now a part of Sun

The company behind Java is acquiring MySQL for $1 billion in cash and stock options. From Jonathan Schwartz,Chief Executive Officer and President Sun Microsystem

"Sun will be unveiling new global support offerings into the MySQL marketplace. We'll be investing in both the community, and the marketplace - to accelerate the industry's phase change away from proprietary technology to the new world of open web platforms."

Hopefully this will mean that some money will go into the flaky MySQL Query Browser + Administrator that support MySQL

Read more about it here and here

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