European Union regulators have complained about Oracle Corp.s planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., suggesting in an initial review that the combination of Oracle database products and Suns MySQL database could tilt that markets competitive landscape and result in higher prices.
Oracle, which received regulatory approval from the U.S. Department of Justice in August to proceed with the $7.4 billion acquisition, has until January 27 to address competitive concerns raised by the European Commission, a unit of the EU comprised of 27 commissioners that handles the Unions day-to-day affairs.
Last week, the EU extended Oracles deadline from the prior January 19th date, responding to the database makers request for more time to prepare a rebuttal. Oracle has made it known that it will earnestly contest the EUs objections.
Commission officials said that its objections were based on anti-trust issues and that its evaluation of the deal was ongoing, Reuters news service reported. Read more
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