Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:20:58 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oracle buys Sun Message-ID: <200904211320.n3LDKwV0094875@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <a534c7c30904210217i277f10f0pa608a591d84a3a58@mail.gmail.com>
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Jayton Garnett <jayton.garnett@gmail.com> wrote: > I just can not help but feel that buying Sun had something to do with > MySQL's demise and possibly ceasing funding for any of it's development. No. Buying Sun has something to do with Oracle wanting to have their own "real" operating system. I don't think the existence of MySQL played any role in the agreement between Sun and Oracle. > Maybe it's going to be the opposite, maybe Oracle will continue with the > 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. So there are several possibilities for Oracle: - Drop MySQL. That would be a mistake, because they would lose the low-cost market: Somebody else will pick it up and continue development -- it's GPL after all. - Merge Oracle DB with MySQL, or add features from Oracle DB to MySQL. This doesn't make sense at all (apart from the fact that it would cause licensing problems). Why would they want to do that? That would weaken the position of the Oracle DB. - Don't change anything regarding MySQL, and let the MySQL development group continue to do their work. So, I'm really not worried about the future of MySQL. PostgreSQL is much better anyway. ;-) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them.
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