Re: [Nolug] world ends, MySQL bought by SUN

On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 10:50:44AM -0600, John Souvestre wrote:
> Hi Brett.
>
> I remember when Sun bought Cobalt. They simply let them die and stranded the
> Cobalt owners. It seems that they simply bought them to eliminate the
> competition for their product.

I am not defending Sun, but I'd be surprised if they pissed this chance away. If they let MySQL die, it would be a PR nightmare for them.

B

>
> John
>
> John Souvestre - Southern Star & Integrated Data Systems - www.sstar.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nolug@covington.redfishnetworks.com [mailto:owner-
> > nolug@covington.redfishnetworks.com] On Behalf Of B. Estrade
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:25 AM
> > To: nolug@nolug.org
> > Subject: Re: [Nolug] world ends, MySQL bought by SUN
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 09:43:54AM -0500, Donnie Cameron wrote:
> > > Or maybe Sun botches this up and we all have to move to Postgres!
> >
> > For $1 billion, I think Sun might try to not screw this thing up :)
> >
> > http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/sun_acquires_mysql.html
> >
> > Brett
> >
> > >
> > > --Donnie
> > >
> > > On Jan 16, 2008 9:39 AM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > That might not be so bad...Sun controls OO.o also, and it's a great
> > > > project. And it says that Sun plans on leaving MySQL as an open source
> > > > project (I doubt they have any other choice by law) so it won't become
> > > > closed or anything. It could be good with some backing by a large
> > > > corporation. Also, with a big name backing it, it will get the attention
> > it
> > > > deserves, and be given the same respect as MS SQL and Oracle. It will no
> > > > longer be the database associated with "hackers" and corporations will be
> > > > more eager to use it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 16, 2008 8:01 AM, Joey Kelly <joey@joeykelly.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Read it and weep. And weep. And weep.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/sun-acquires-mysql.html/
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Joey Kelly
> > > > > < Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
> > > > > http://joeykelly.net
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Chris Jones
> > > > http://www.industrialarmy.com
> >
> > --
> > B. Estrade
> > HPC Enablement Group
> > http://www.loni.org
> > ___________________
> > Nolug mailing list
> > nolug@nolug.org
>
> ___________________
> Nolug mailing list
> nolug@nolug.org

-- 
B. Estrade
HPC Enablement Group
http://www.loni.org
___________________
Nolug mailing list
nolug@nolug.org