From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 21 11:05:24 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 8D1AC106566B for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:05:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from solarux@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s12.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s12.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.84]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76A9D8FC13 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:05:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from solarux@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY113-W7 ([65.54.168.107]) by bay0-omc1-s12.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:05:24 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [67.204.21.151] From: Rick N To: , Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:05:24 +0000 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <49EC97DA.5020600@freebsdonline.com> References: <49EC97DA.5020600@freebsdonline.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Apr 2009 11:05:24.0130 (UTC) FILETIME=[11BA8820:01C9C271] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: 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 11:05:24 -0000 (Actually) and Histrorically=2C Sun had a lot to do with the BSD's (and v= ice-versa)=2C Bill Joy's early work and contibution to the BSD/Unix which l= ater he took to form a little company called Sun Microsytems in the late '7= 0's. =20 Times are sure a changin'. Personally=2C I can thank SunOS for getting me into UNIX in 1996. In fact=2C I can honestly say that my Sun expertise later proved to give m= e a "LOT" of solid full-time work as a Sun Unix Sys Admin for another 10 ye= ars. =20 Basically we can thank Sun and the Internet for our house and land that my= wife and I own today. =20 Sun was one of the best employers=2C and I know I will never find an emplo= yer as good as that ever again. =20 Sun was to UNIX/Internet=2C like NASA was to the Space Program. =20 I guess (as far as OpenSource...) it's ALL up to the xBSD's and Linux now. =20 Hey!=2C lets buy Oracle ! :) =20 Rick. =20 > Date: Mon=2C 20 Apr 2009 18:42:18 +0300 > From: lists@freebsdonline.com > To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org > Subject: Oracle buys Sun >=20 >=20 > I know this is not about FreeBSD but it is about open source and it=20 > matters=2C maybe many of you heard about last news: >=20 > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=3D09/04/20/128246 -=20 > /"Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA)=20 > announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under=20 > which Oracle will acquire Sun=20 > =20 > common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. >=20 > /Some interesting comments were posted like: > --------- > Oracle President Safra Catz was also heard to remark... >=20 > "all your database are belong to us" > -------- > or >=20 >=20 > Thankfully=2C I have recently switched myself (and my clients) over to=20 > Postgresql. >=20 > It was a sad day when Oracle got the rights to the InnoDB engine=2C but a= t=20 > least MySQL itself was in the hands of Sun. >=20 > With Oracle now owning all the rights to what is probably the biggest=20 > free competitor=2C I think the open source world shouldn't put much stock= =20 > or investment into MySQL. >=20 > Is there any anti-trust factors to this? Oracle=2C being a dominant=20 > database player=2C and buying up the biggest open source database? >=20 > Aside from that=2C I find this all very sad. Sun was one of the Unix=20 > innvators from the earliest days. Even when they grow large=2C they still= =20 > seemed like a "cool company." Healey used to personally answer emails I=20 > would send him. Oracle seems to be the antithesis of this=3B major=2C=20 > corporate=2C gouging=2C monster... One can only hope that some of Sun's=20 > culture and products will survive. > -------- >=20 >=20 > Thinking of all good open source software they got like=2C besides mysql:= =20 > openoffice=2C netbeans=2C java ......... is indeed sad that IBM did not=20 > aquired SUN. >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe=2C send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _________________________________________________________________ Share photos with friends on Windows Live Messenger http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9650734=