Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:33:54 +0100 From: "Simon Griffiths" <simon.griffiths@tenenbaum.co.uk> To: <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Oracle buys Sun Message-ID: <012901c9c370$822eabe0$868c03a0$@griffiths@tenenbaum.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0904221122520.13272@sea.ntplx.net> References: <gsisk9$pqe$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <200904210847.n3L8lpxL082986@lurza.secnetix.de> <a534c7c30904210217i277f10f0pa608a591d84a3a58@mail.gmail.com> <20090422014929.GA70994@dereel.lemis.com> <868wlssoq6.fsf@ds4.des.no> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0904221122520.13272@sea.ntplx.net>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org] > On Behalf Of Daniel Eischen > Sent: 22 April 2009 16:32 > To: Dag-Erling Smørgrav > Cc: Greg 'groggy' Lehey; Jayton Garnett; freebsd-chat@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Oracle buys Sun > > On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > > Positive press? > > As a way to entice HW purchases (Solaris/Linux preloaded with and > tuned for Mysql)? > > For Mysql support contracts and classes? > > An entry way into the more profitable Oracle systems (why do dealers > give away free drugs to school kids)? Agreed, this is becoming SOP in the field, take the Express editions or Oracle and M$ SQL Server. Maybe MySQL would replace this offering? Imagine the amount of *large* sites that currently use MySQL that could be linked/badged with an Oracle product. Simon
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