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MLex Comment: EC’s Oracle, Sun text sets out 'self-enforcing' pledges despite 'striking' anticompetitive evidence

By Dafydd Nelson ( March 23, 2010, 17:28 GMT | Comment) -- The European Commission has today published the text of its decision clearing Oracle’s purchase of Sun Microsystems, which is now likely to be closely scrutinised by those considering whether to lodge an appeal with the courts. The regulator defends its finding that the MySQL database potentially exerts an important competitive constraint on Oracle, and relies heavily upon Oracle’s public commitments and the specificities of the open source industry in ensuring that the possible anticompetitive effects of the transaction will not materialise.The European Commission has today published the text of its decision clearing Oracle’s purchase of Sun Microsystems, which is now likely to be closely scrutinised by those considering whether to lodge an appeal with the courts....

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