From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 21 01:03:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 847AC106564A for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:03:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from nyi.unixathome.org (nyi.unixathome.org [64.147.113.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 572F88FC0A for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:03:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22D56509D0; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:48:32 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at unixathome.org Received: from nyi.unixathome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (nyi.unixathome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id WUfSjqTTzikr; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:48:31 +0100 (BST) Received: from smtp-auth.unixathome.org (smtp-auth.unixathome.org [10.4.7.7]) (Authenticated sender: hidden) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2C9B7509CF ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:48:31 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <49ED17B9.80701@langille.org> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:47:53 -0400 From: Dan Langille Organization: The FreeBSD Diary User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090111) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ovi freebsd References: <49EC97DA.5020600@freebsdonline.com> In-Reply-To: <49EC97DA.5020600@freebsdonline.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Oracle buys Sun X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:03:47 -0000 -----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 > > 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-----