Sun Microsystems has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an icon of the open source movement and developer of one of the world's fastest growing open source databases for approximately $1 billion.

With millions of global deployments, including Facebook, Google, Nokia, Baidu and China Mobile, MySQL will bring synergies to Sun that could change the landscape of the software industry by driving new adoption of MySQL's open source database in more traditional applications and enterprises.

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