From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 21 15:58:27 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 0CAAF10656B7 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:58:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f220.google.com (mail-gx0-f220.google.com [209.85.217.220]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9C0A8FC16 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:58:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: by gxk20 with SMTP id 20so6220823gxk.19 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:58:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=2+mk58Hc7C6g33TMyOueCatPgq8L3Uda7MJBC3qpwHY=; b=TM6Obk5Aq4WHOLikpF6UbrBPCzg2oybwi/WXrvc/NgwThug0ujPytwsrz/6Ao1I6pd 1GbWDMpZxhmyFJazvJXorTKzP3CZjr39k5bHevgR9BxIkd+2pYikNElIKfFoIXI3sLdh orU/5Q9YQ4hY9F0qHWwGbec5988OZnv5fsaJw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=R4wI4DLMqKQ/rgyAJzlHBCmbjM9LILj8SvD4dbYr+KEEubJa3r0qtzF9bz1pMEB4zL lZsADgkptaNZEjK/MN+phqGZIxcs9Ewsqce9XdR1+LGfAZGNUnrjlCzHryrHbtSnmekp dh/sRvXC8hSo65n+U5HFJr0nTQBsbMY442gAk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.149.19 with SMTP id w19mr3579870ybd.227.1240329067742; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:51:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200904211320.n3LDKwV0094875@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200904211320.n3LDKwV0094875@lurza.secnetix.de> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:51:07 -0700 Message-ID: <57d710000904210851p719f9d3es826dec6127ef2439@mail.gmail.com> From: pete wright To: Oliver Fromme Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 15:58:27 -0000 On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:20 AM, Oliver Fromme wro= te: > =A0> Maybe it's going to be the opposite, maybe Oracle will continue with= the > =A0> development of MySQL and apply some Oracle 'features' to MySQL... > > By the way, I recommend to read the press release (if you > haven't done so yet): > > http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/018363 > > MySQL doesn't fit in that picture at all. =A0So there are > several possibilities for Oracle: > > =A0- Drop MySQL. =A0That would be a mistake, because they would > =A0 lose the low-cost market: =A0Somebody else will pick it up > =A0 and continue development -- it's GPL after all. > +1 > =A0- Merge Oracle DB with MySQL, or add features from Oracle DB > =A0 to MySQL. =A0This doesn't make sense at all (apart from the > =A0 fact that it would cause licensing problems). =A0Why would > =A0 they want to do that? =A0That would weaken the position of > =A0 the Oracle DB. mysql is not even in the same universe of ORA IMHO. it's not even on the radar of most sites that run oracle - atleast for key business processes. > > =A0- Don't change anything regarding MySQL, and let the MySQL > =A0 development group continue to do their work. > probably what is going to happen. i reckon oracle wanted a low-end offering so people could augment their oracle installs with mysql and still give support dollars to oracle. thats were the money is - support. -p --=20 ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group