NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Jan. 16, 2008--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today its ratings and outlook on Sun Microsystems Inc. (BB+/Stable/--) are not affected by the company's recent announcement that it has agreed to acquire MySQL AB for a total consideration of about $1 billion (consisting of $800 million in cash and $200 million in options). The acquisition supports Sun's strategic intent to expand its position in the open-source software market; MySQL is an open-source developer of database software. We expect Sun to maintain a moderately leveraged financial profile and strong liquidity. As of Sept. 30, 2007, leverage was less than 2x and cash and investments totaled $5.2 billion.
