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

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On 01/16/08 15:14, Shannon Roddy wrote:
> On Jan 16, 2008 8:09 AM, B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 08:01:08AM -0600, Joey Kelly wrote:
>>> Read it and weep. And weep. And weep.
>>>
>>> http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/sun-acquires-mysql.html/
>> I don't get it; why is this such a horrible thing?

*Horrible*? No. It would have been horrible if Oracle bought MySQL.

> I don't get it either. Sun has a pretty good track record lately with
> open source. Why do people not like Sun so much?

I don't have feelings one way or another towards Sun, and goodness
knows they try. But OOo is a pig, and Java's a complex beast that
turns wannabe-programmers brains to mush.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

"I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian
because I hate vegetables!"
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