Does Oracle’s acquisition affects MySQL ?
Today I read on some blog posts about the recent acquisition of Sun by Oracle Corporation and talking with some folks at work (which are Java developers) they are a little concern about this matter, they fear that Java becomes more Entreprise, I’m not a Java developer so I don’t know what to expect from this fusion (Java-wise), however I’m worried about the future of MySQL. Are they going to just fade it out, and throw it to the limbo ?
I haven’t heard anything or read anything regarding the place or status that MySQL will have after this move by Oracle but knowing that in the past big Corporations buy “small” competitors just to sink them, I started to worry.
What do you think?
April 21st, 2009 at
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April 21st, 2009 at
i have started worrying about it myself…. what if the scrap it as they did to people soft’s DB?? Oracle is a nasty organization who wants to dominate the world market they might do just anything to achieve it.
April 21st, 2009 at
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June 3rd, 2009 at
First of all, hello Mario. Saw you on the meeting room writing on your blog, so after a quick google search here I am.
Second, I’m not worried about Oracle owning MySQL. One of the benefits of Open Source is that the code can be forked and it can still be developed, thou with a different name. This has already happened and the creator of MySQL forked the code and created MariaDB along with the Open Database Alliance.
The thing that I’m really worried about is the future direction of the Java ecosystem. Now more than ever it’s important to have a viable open source alternative to the JDK.
June 4th, 2009 at
Hi Cesar, ha! thanks for your comment! First of all, why are you spying while I’m doing stuff on my computer! Second of all,
take a look at this link http://www.bitsandbuzz.com/article/oracle-on-sun-java-mysql-openoffice-and-linux/ it’s interesting