Re: Oracle buys Sun

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:20 AM, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> 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

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Pete Wright
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