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la direction générale de la concurrence de l’UE s’inquiétait de l’achat de MySQL par Oracle. Arguments :
Key questions DG COMP is considering in this case, Whelan said, include: 1) whether the “global public license” open source nature of MySQL somehow precludes potential competitors from using it to develop commercial products that could eventually compete with OracleQs databases; 2) in this connection, Oracle’s assertions that technically MySQL cannot be scaled up to compete on Oracle’s high end; and 3) whether Oracle has the incentive to support development of MySQL into a stronger program.