Following rumors that it was shopping around for open source companies, database juggernaut
Oracle has acquired Sleepycat Software,
makers of the open source Berkeley DB. Berkeley DB is included in a number of open source products including many Linux
distributions and OpenOffice.org. Last week Oracle was also rumored to have its eye on JBoss and PHP mother company Zend
Technologies. The terms of the deal, and what it means for the future of Berkeley DB, are unknown.
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