Re: MySQL takeover by Oracle - petition

Isn't it open source?
Not the first time someone made a fork of it - including the original
author. :)

On Jan 4, 10:31 pm, Juan Luis Baptiste <juan.bapti...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 10:05 AM, hashmich <hendrik.schm...@web.de> wrote:
> > Oracle is going to take over Sun Microsystems - who are the owner of
> > the copyrights for MySQL.
> > I think you can imagine, what's the meaning of MySQL being taken over
> > by its direct commercial competitor.
>
> I think you are overreacting, have you read Oracle's public position
> on this ? I think not:
>
> http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Oracle-Corporation-NASDAQ-ORC...
>
> basically it's a commitment to continue to develop and support MySQL
> and it's customers (including increasing R&D budget of MySQL). Oracle
> has no reason to end MySQL, they fit perfectly in their portfolio to
> compete against MS SQL server in the SMB market. Oracle DB is too
> expensive for a SMB to buy it so it will never go there, that's why
> they need MySQL. IMO, those petitions and sites of "save MySQL" only
> spreads FUD which is not good. Have you browsed Oracle's website and
> research your self what is their position on this? take a look at this
> FAQ on Sun acquisition:
>
> http://www.oracle.com/us/sun/038563.pdf
>
> There is, at least for now, nothing to worry about. It's the same FUD
> and negative vibes that appeared when Sun bought MySQL. What happened?
> nothing...
>
> Juancho

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