Oracle buys Innobase
{{date|October 9, 2005}}
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US-based [[Oracle Corporation]] announced Friday it had acquired {{w|Innobase}} {{w|Osakeyhtiö|OY}} for an undisclosed sum. Innobase is a [[Finland|Finnish]] company that has developed several {{w|open-source}} {{w|database}} technologies. They are best known for {{w|InnoDB}}. 

InnoDB is an add-on storage engine for {{w|MySQL}} used by many popular websites, including {{w|Slashdot}}, [http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2001/03/12/daily26.html EDS/Sabre], [[Yahoo!|Yahoo]] [http://finance.yahoo.com/ Finance], [[Google]] and [[Wikimedia]]. It is an open source tool, distributed under the {{w|GNU General Public License}} (GPL).

“Oracle has long been a supporter of open source software such as [[Linux]] and {{w|The Apache Software Foundation|Apache}}. Innobase is an innovative small company that develops open-source database technology. Oracle intends to continue developing the InnoDB technology and expand our commitment to open source software.” said [http://www.oracle.com/corporate/pressroom/html/crozwat.html Charles Rozwat], executive vice president of Database and {{w|Middleware}} Technology at Oracle.

Innobase is the 11th company to be acquired by Oracle in under a year. The most recent acquisition was of rival {{w|Siebel Systems}} on September 13 for $5.85 billion.

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|title  = Oracle buys open-source Finnish database company
|author = [[Associated Press|AP]]
|pub    = The Hindu
|date   = October 8, 2005
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|title  = Oracle Buys Finnish Open-Source Developer
|author = Stacy Cowley, IDG News Service
|pub    = PC World
|date   = October 8, 2005
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|date   = October 7, 2005
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US-based Oracle Corporation announced Friday it had acquired Osakeyhtiö|OY for an undisclosed sum. Innobase is a Finnish company that has developed several database technologies. They are best known for . 

InnoDB is an add-on storage engine for Slashdot,  EDS/Sabre, Yahoo  Finance, Google and Wikimedia. It is an open source tool, distributed under the  (GPL).

“Oracle has long been a supporter of open source software such as Linux and Apache. Innobase is an innovative small company that develops open-source database technology. Oracle intends to continue developing the InnoDB technology and expand our commitment to open source software.” said  Charles Rozwat, executive vice president of Database and  Technology at Oracle.

Innobase is the 11th company to be acquired by Oracle in under a year. The most recent acquisition was of rival  on September 13 for $5.85 billion.
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