US Tour of European Opponent of Oracle Owning Sun’s MySQL

BRUSSELS, October 23 /PRNewswire/ –

– EU strategist who is former MySQL shareholder and adviser announces
Silicon Valley press conference (26 October) and New York City analyst
briefing (27 October) — Florian Mueller wants to “explain positions of
critics of proposed transaction in the lion’s den” — New York event due to
“strong Wall Street interest in the matter”

Oracle Corporation’s [ORCL] proposed $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun
Microsystems [JAVA] may be in for another interesting week. On the heels of
increasingly vocal opposition and criticism from the European Commission that
Oracle fails to act constructively to resolve antitrust concerns, an EU
strategist who works with MySQL’s founder on this matter announced to take
his information campaign to the US. Florian Mueller will hold a press
conference in Silicon Valley on Monday (26 October, late morning by local
time) and an analyst briefing in New York on Tuesday (27 October, early
afternoon by local time).

“I want to explain the positions of critics of the proposed transaction
in the lion’s den”, said Mueller in reference to Oracle’s and Sun’s domicile.
The former MySQL shareholder highlighted “a long history of helping
California software businesses such as [computer game maker] Blizzard
Entertainment generate revenues in Europe” but stressed his view that “the
worldwide knowledge-based economy will benefit if the EC prevents
anti-competitive effects of the MySQL part of the deal on the database
market.”

The activist, whom the Economist Group had named European Campaigner of
the Year two years before bestowing the same award on California Governor

Arnold Schwarzenegger, wrote a position paper in August for MySQL founder
Michael ‘Monty’ Widenius’ new company, Monty Program Ab, which he claims
supported the European Commission’s initial investigation. On his tour, he
will discuss his view on competition concerns and the proceeding, and
possible ways forward.

“Organizing an analyst briefing in New York was not an initial plan but
turned out necessary and efficient because of strong Wall Street interest in
the matter”, said Mueller.

Journalists and analysts interested in the events are encouraged to
contact Mueller.

About Florian Mueller

Florian Mueller is a software industry veteran with 24 years of
experience as well as an award-winning EU policy strategist. Previously
founder and CEO of a startup he sold to the Telefonica group, Mueller became
in 2001 an adviser to MySQL’s then-CEO on corporate strategy and held shares
in the company until its sale.

The Economist Group’s European Voice named Mueller the EU Campaigner of
the Year 2005. Mueller was also named to thought leader rankings in
intellectual property as well as information technology. He has also
successfully worked on EU competition matters in connection with professional
soccer.

Contact data: Florian Mueller Public Policy Consulting

For further information concerning this news release, please contact

Florian Mueller (land line: +49-8151-21088, mobile: +49-171-2632226, email:
florian.mueller@live.com).

SOURCE Florian Mueller Public Policy Consulting