Microsoft has confirmed that he would appear before the European Commission in the case involving the acquisition of Sun by Oracle.

The position of Microsoft surprises

The Wall Street Journal, Redmond will explain why he believes the two entities should not be allowed to merge. It is true that the firm competes with Oracle and MySQL and can think he is trying to destabilize them, but it also has partnerships with them and therefore also benefit from their success. Oracle has often been an instigator of the trial for abuse of dominant position against Microsoft and assumptions of revenge floated on the Internet.

Passivity IBM surprises

The fact is that the behavior of Redmond in this case surprised many, and it is difficult to discern the true intentions of the firm that was not expected in this debate. Cons were anticipated by a more intense reaction on the part of IBM, who also wanted to buy Sun, but it has remained particularly liabilities, the firm had clearly explained that the acquisition did not pose any particular problem.