Multiple choice general knowledge

EU issues objections to Oracle's Sun acquisition because:

  1. Database market leader Oracle will force customers to use Solaris as prefered OS.

  2. SAP and IBM concerns have forced EU to raise issues on the deal.

  3. It's regarding accquire of Sun's open source MySQL database product.

  4. EU suspects the deal value is very less.
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Explanation

The EU's primary objection to Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems concerned MySQL, Sun's open-source database product. Regulators feared Oracle could harm MySQL's open-source nature given Oracle's dominance in the proprietary database market. This was about competition in the database market, not OS preferences, concerns from SAP/IBM, or the deal's financial valuation.

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