Oracle to buyout Sun Microsystems

Yesterday Oracle Corporation formally announced its intention to buy Sun Microsystems. This is bit of a shock news for me and sure for lot of those who follow Sun closely. Hey my concern is not about dog eat dog situation here. The big question that concern me is that Is it the end of open source era? I hope certainly not. As Sun Microsystems is the biggest Open Source solutions and products provider and lots of penetration in the market this potential take our will create big concern in the market. Lets See how this goes as the Oracle still have to overcome stakeholders approval of this big transaction. Can Oracle really be the Oracle (the one that can see in future) and snatch the deal? You can read the story on Oracle Press release.