> Is it trustworthy? Oracle is not friendly to open source at all. They can
> kill MySQL just by delaying to fix bugs. MySQL development is rather open.
> It is quite opposite to Oracle style.
>
AFAIK it was one of the conditions imposed by US and the EU to approve
the deal[1], so at least for the next five years they will have to
continue to support MySQL. Also as I said, MySQL isn't competition to
them, both are targeted to different markets. Their competition is MS
SQL server and others, and MySQL will help them to compete in that
market. Do you think Oracle will some day drop their prices up to the
point that a SMB will be able to pay a license for it ? I don't think
so. Probably they will overcharge for a MySQL support contract, but
it's open source nature will make that other companies offer a cheaper
support for it.
And in the remote case that the petition manages to make Oracle sell
off MySQL to comply withe EU terms, who will buy it ? who can
guarantee that someone more evil, for example MS or IBM doesn't buy it
? that would be even worse. It would need to be bought by someone big
but that doesn't already have a database, As I see it, while Oracle
can make money from it they will continue to invest on it to improve
it to make it a better competitor in markets where Oracle database
can't go because of it's astronomic price. Probably the only thing
that will not ever happen is that we will not see MySQL replacing
Oracle someday, but that would not ever happen even if they still were
a standalone company.
[1] http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/oracle-sun-offer-win-eu-approval/article-188311
Juancho
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