Mr. Ades, declined to disclose the projected returns of the REIT, but estimated the capitalization rate for the acquisition was relatively high at about 7%, indicating a strong initial yield for the buyer.

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In every recent acquisition, said Mills, IBM has lowered the employee attrition rate that company was experiencing before IBM bought it.

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As Sun's size lends legitimacy and the guarantee of long-term service to MySQL, the acquisition will likely convince more and larger enterprises to sign on to MySQL's cut-rate database systems, Yuhanna says.

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