Re: MySQL takeover by Oracle - petition

Also as I said, MySQL isn't competition to

them, both are targeted to different markets.

Five years ago, yes. But now, no. I worked both in finance and telecom industry and felt MySQL heat. Just take a look at BI, ERP and CRM world, you will see MySQL there already to some extent. 

 

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 ?

Oracle database is not a sole product owned by Oracle. As you may know, you can download and install Oracle database for free. Oracle 10g Express Edition was ever promoted as MySQL alternative. But moreover, Oracle is actually a big business application player. They offer a lot of solid products based on their own Oracle RDMS. Their competitors offer the same stack with or without Oracle database support. MySQL is an option. Now by making MySQL future uncertain, Oracle makes IT solution buyers think again about their competitors who promote MySQL as an option and the concept of no vendor lock-in.

MySQL is not a direct threat to Oracle yet. But its ecosystem, such as ISVs, as I believe, makes Oracle feel some heat.

 

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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