Monty Launches Frantic ‘Save MySQL’ Web Campaign

In a desperate last gasp bid to stop Oracle buying Sun Microsystems and its precious MySQL kit and kaboodle, the database’s co-creator – Michael ‚ÄòMonty‚Äô Widenius – has launched a campaign to “help keep the internet free.”

As we reported earlier this month, the European Commission welcomed a series of promises made by Oracle about the future of the MySQL database, all of which signalled that the company’s planned $7bn takeover of Sun Microsystems may now get the all-clear from regulators in the New Year…