EU hearing on Oracle-Sun set for Dec. 10

Amazon's move mocks EU's fear of Oracle
Amazon.com's fork of the MySQL database suggests that competition is alive and well, regardless of Oracle's desire to buy Sun or of the European Commission.

EU's MySQL inquiry may backfire for open source
The European Commission is trying to protect competition by blocking Oracle's purchase of MySQL, but the consequence may be to dampen investment in open-source communities.

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.

Oracle's Sun strategy: What to expect
Oracle will unveil its grand vision for Sun Microsystems in a five-hour powwow with analysts.