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Bye, MySQL (nt)  honeymonster | 04/20/09
Agreed. That was my first thought  markdean | 04/20/09
I doubt they'll get rid of it  Kaiwai | 04/20/09
Did MS get rid of Access?  shis-ka-bob | 04/20/09
Probably...  Kaiwai | 04/20/09
How about forking MySQL?  Tiggster | 04/20/09
No need  parrotta | 04/20/09
Re: How about forking MySQL  fadzlan@... | 04/20/09
@fadzlan  parrotta | 04/21/09
Not the same  bmonster | 04/20/09
I don't believe this is even Oracle and not IBM.  Zurk_Orkin | 04/20/09
When has Oracle ...  dkawalec | 04/20/09
You can TLC with an axe  T1Oracle | 04/20/09
Oracle won't kill MySQL  davidfcarr | 04/20/09
Correct.  phatkat | 04/20/09
It's called Postgresql...  Spiritusindomit@... | 04/20/09
I'll second that: Low-end customers  i1abnrk | 04/20/09
I could see it both ways...  storm14k | 04/20/09
Kill?  tonci100 | 04/20/09
I agree  914four | 04/20/09
They can kill what the own...  storm14k | 04/20/09
impossible!  ismoore | 04/20/09
No: say good bye to Sybase and SPARC, welcome to x86!  PhilippeV | 04/20/09
IBM not a hardware manufacturer???  r_rosen | 04/20/09
Didn't read everything  DannyO_0x98 | 04/20/09
Regarding IBM hardware  markdean | 04/21/09
A deal that makes and saves SUN  asad.quraishi@... | 04/20/09
Cool ending only if...  markdean | 04/20/09
Solaris 10 has surpassed AIX  914four | 04/20/09
Solaris 10 / AIX  markdean | 04/21/09
Can you elaborate?  914four | 04/21/09
Not sure the ending is good - depends  terjeb@... | 04/20/09
I disagree...  914four | 04/20/09
chip architecture by itself not so important anymore  tahoe_blue | 04/20/09
There are benefits to owning the platform.  914four | 04/20/09
Betamax vs. VHS is a good analogy  tahoe_blue | 04/20/09
Well, if you read what Larry said...  914four | 04/20/09
time will tell  tahoe_blue | 04/20/09
Interesting indeed...  JCitizen | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  saurabhsl@... | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  markdean | 04/20/09
IBM reasonable  Kaiwai | 04/20/09
Correction  markdean | 04/21/09
Sun, RIP  wolf_z | 04/20/09
Who cares?  croberts | 04/20/09
While not the pinnacle....  storm14k | 04/20/09
Actually ....  Linux_4u! | 04/20/09
COBOL is right, FORTRAN too, lots of Java in the middle  terjeb@... | 04/20/09
Nope...  storm14k | 04/20/09
Wow, Java is dead?  JonnyBlade | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  kps_46635@... | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  jmhalloy_z | 04/20/09
Impact to MySQL Should get more press  dmdude | 04/20/09
Instant antitrust  Tim Patterson | 04/20/09
Not really  voska1 | 04/20/09
No, you can't prove harm when its free  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/09
NoAx, You Actually Make Sense For a Change  dumptux | 04/20/09
My understanding is that much  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/09
From Ellison, I Don't Know  DannyO_0x98 | 04/20/09
Why?  Kaiwai | 04/20/09
unless Oracle sells MySQL to red hat or novell...  Linux Geek | 04/20/09
Java makes no sense?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/09
Sun DOES Back OpenOffice.org  dumptux | 04/20/09
On the other hand...  914four | 04/20/09
Given the horrible sales of Star Office  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/09
Given that there are...  914four | 04/20/09
Java is probably the most important element  914four | 04/20/09
But, its never made a buck  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/09
Oracle used OSS, gives away free software also.  B.O.F.H. | 04/20/09
journalistic paranoia  ismoore | 04/20/09
I agree  914four | 04/20/09
Solbourne Computer validated tuned financial hardware  dc_patterson@... | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  mrlinux | 04/20/09
Gotta laugh...  Narg | 04/20/09
Interesting  markdean | 04/21/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  mpark71045 | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  dch1969 | 04/20/09
So now Java Patches are released every 6 months?  dunn@... | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  gary859 | 04/20/09
Regarding Java...  FofBorg | 04/20/09
I felt a great disturbance in the Force  utoddl | 04/20/09
How about Open Office?  crazydanr@... | 04/20/09
Huh? Do you mean Star Office?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/09
OpenOffice.org Goodies = StarOffice (nt)  Kaiwai | 04/20/09
We really mean Open Office  martin.okle@... | 04/20/09
Open Office  gschultz | 04/20/09
i really hope so  MrAlan | 04/20/09
Open Office is the next version of Star Office  914four | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  qvtech | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  rahul.dantu@... | 04/20/09
MySQL/MyToast? Author never heard of Open Source?  kblessinggr | 04/20/09
You CANNOT kill Open Source  facaptain | 04/20/09
But you can leave it to die  honeymonster | 04/20/09
Finally someone that gets it...nt  fr0thy2. | 04/20/09
Get's what?  914four | 04/20/09
Do you have *any* idea how many code variants there are...  914four | 04/20/09
Enter the FUDdites...  techboy_z | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  Conmergence | 04/20/09
Not what MS wanted  Alan Smithie | 04/20/09
WINDBAG!!  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/09
The Loser Speaks His Usual Drivel  itanalyst2@... | 04/20/09
But, more intelligent and better argued than usual. (NT)  invmgr@... | 04/20/09
I got to you wink  Alan Smithie | 04/20/09
You did? (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/09
Lovey, Lovey, Lovey...  914four | 04/20/09
Your right I do  Loverock Davidson | 04/20/09
Nothing, I Repeat, NOTHING  itanalyst2@... | 04/20/09
lol  Alan Smithie | 04/20/09
M$ ?  Ken Nakagama | 04/20/09
In a dream maybe  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/20/09
I seriouslly doubt that  GuidingLight | 04/20/09
Time for Postgres  Ken Nakagama | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  Sloan Miller | 04/20/09
Who Cares, RDBMS is dead. Forward to Semantic Technologies ...  Pawel Lubczonok | 04/20/09
Really?  Eleutherios | 04/20/09
Really?  Eleutherios | 04/20/09
You are wrong ...  Pawel Lubczonok | 04/21/09
Not likely  bmonster | 04/20/09
You are also wrong.  Pawel Lubczonok | 04/21/09
Long term (one year) two moves chess play!  plino | 04/20/09
I'll believe this is a good deal when I see results...  D. W. Bierbaum | 04/20/09
Oracle should set Java FREE!  billcheng | 04/20/09
Well they already set it free in a sense.  storm14k | 04/20/09
Uh...  914four | 04/20/09
Open Solaris  billcheng | 04/24/09
Not clear who is the Oracle President  K4thwright | 04/20/09
Oracle can't kill MySQL  John L. Ries | 04/20/09
Actually they can  wackoae | 04/20/09
Sun holds the copyrights...  John L. Ries | 04/20/09
I wouldn't underestimate open source.  CobraA1 | 04/20/09
NetBeans, Eclipse, and JDeveloper  Eleutherios | 04/20/09
Glassfish  914four | 04/20/09
Glassfish?  Eleutherios | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  michael.burgess@... | 04/20/09
Oracle also gets VirtualBox  gschultz | 04/20/09
Good point.  914four | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  Olami2009 | 04/20/09
Might be the end of Java as Open Source  Olami2009 | 04/20/09
Bye bye mySQL? Nah  zkiwi | 04/20/09
To quote Clark Kent...  Phil Spector | 04/20/09
Interesting argument  914four | 04/20/09
Let me get this straight...  Phil Spector | 04/20/09
Wow!  Eleutherios | 04/20/09
If you bothered to read Oracle's Release regarding MySQL...  kblessinggr | 04/20/09
Oh come on... And What about Open Office  serpentmage | 04/20/09
OO.o maybe a dead money maker...  JCitizen | 04/25/09
Did you not read the memo?  serpentmage | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  mwagner@... | 04/20/09
I called this first!  General C# | 04/20/09
Nope, someone else called it 6 years ago  archerjoe | 04/20/09
Interesting parallel, though  Eleutherios | 04/20/09
New Names and slogans  Aussie_Troll | 04/20/09
A slow death by forking...  wheatberry | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  ehbeitz@... | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  DannyO_0x98 | 04/20/09
This deal makes more sense  markbn | 04/20/09
How many presidents does Oracle have?  silvajmg@... | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  safiros83 | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  the_hunteroz | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  maheshkumarg2 | 04/20/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  techradar | 04/21/09
my predictions  tomofumi | 04/21/09
Sounds likely, but unpleasant to my budget (nt)  moralesjl15@... | 04/22/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  ravi@... | 04/21/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  JonnyDee | 04/21/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  JonnyDee | 04/21/09
somebody needs to save Java and MySQL from the Ellison clutches. (nt)  wessonjoe | 04/21/09
RE: somebody needs to save Java and MySQL from the Ellison clutches  joimji | 04/24/09
holy sh__  Hobyx | 04/24/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  solarux@... | 04/28/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  solarux@... | 04/28/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  solarux@... | 04/28/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  gwreg4fge | 10/06/09
RE: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player;  kagyhelen | 10/26/09
oracle should be rejected in buying sun microsystems  ajith88 | 11/23/09
oracle should be rejected in buying sun microsystems  ajith88 | 11/23/09

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