EU extends deadline for review of Oracle-Sun deal

WSJ: EU likes Oracle's MySQL statement; poised to approve deal
The European Union has reacted positively to Oracle's statement about MySQL and could be poised to approve its acquisition of Sun.

Oracle: EC has 'profound misunderstanding' of database market;...
Oracle says today that European regulators have a "profound misunderstanding" of the technologies behind Oracle's acquisition of Sun and that there is no evidence of anti-competitive behavior...

EU to investigate Oracle-Sun deal
Regulators opens antitrust probe into pending merger, citing concerns that the deal may hinder competition in the database market.

Oracle quickly and quietly kills Virtual Iron
Oracle's acquisition of Virtual Iron has been reduced to a code base. There's plenty more of these quick shutdowns to come.

Oracle signals change of tone about cloud
Even as Oracle kills off the critically acclaimed Sun cloud offering, it prepares a PR blitz to proclaim its cloud strategy: the software arms dealer to the cloud-computing stars.