oracle deal

Netstat-vat: "At long last, the European Commission has come out against Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun. My colleague Andy Patrizo wrote about this yesterday and he forecast that this would happen last week on our podcast too."

Groklaw: "I've been reading all I can find on this topic, and I'd like to tell you why I think the community should support the Oracle deal.

The most important reason is that opponents are trashing the GPL [PDF] and calling it a source of "infection" in their FUD submission to the EU Commission."