Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:47:53 -0400 From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: ovi freebsd <lists@freebsdonline.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oracle buys Sun Message-ID: <49ED17B9.80701@langille.org> In-Reply-To: <49EC97DA.5020600@freebsdonline.com> References: <49EC97DA.5020600@freebsdonline.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ovi freebsd wrote: > > I know this is not about FreeBSD but it is about open source and it > matters, maybe many of you heard about last news: > > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/20/128246 - > /"Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) > announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under > which Oracle will acquire Sun > <http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/018363oracleharligekbtSun...>; > common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. > > /Some interesting comments were posted like: > --------- > Oracle President Safra Catz was also heard to remark... > > "all your database are belong to us" > -------- > or > > Thankfully, I have recently switched myself (and my clients) over to > Postgresql. > > It was a sad day when Oracle got the rights to the InnoDB engine, but at > least MySQL itself was in the hands of Sun. > > With Oracle now owning all the rights to what is probably the biggest > free competitor, I think the open source world shouldn't put much stock > or investment into MySQL. A point of order: The sale has not been completed. It is merely an agreement. A better subject would be: Oracle agrees to buy Sun. - -- Dan Langille BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference : http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference: http://www.pgcon.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkntF7gACgkQCgsXFM/7nTy44wCfQEGmTxZ8XQ46DUc36v8umx+5 RzcAn1CEkTRolTgjrfypFHWpdg8kC+HF =5IsN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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