Woohoo!!! Finally, the EU has given Oracle the thumbs-up for their purchase of Sun...

Larry Ellison's Oracle won an all-clear from Europe's top antitrust official to proceed with its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems after reaching a verbal agreement to protect a piece of software at the heart of a months-long dispute.

The final approval is due mid-January. I think the EU have done the right thing by approving this deal, not only because I'm a Sun employee (speaking only for myself), but also for the sake of Sun's customers.