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- Biting off nose to spite face...
- Maybe Oracle should just lower its stinkin' high prices if its finding that people don't want to pay through the nose for their stuff. All the acquisitions in the world don't help that problem.
- Posted by: techboy_z Posted on: 02/14/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
is Oracle buying the competition?
Linux Geek | 02/14/06
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This is a VERY interesting question. All eyes are on Oracle now.
DonnieBoy | 02/14/06
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A bit off the mark
billywill | 02/14/06
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You forget the MySQL license model. They must be able to offer comercial
DonnieBoy | 02/14/06
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Commercial licensing is no problem
krehbiel | 02/14/06
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Fortunately, Innodb is still GPL
krehbiel | 02/14/06
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True, Inno is still GPL, but MySQL can't sell commercial licenses.
DonnieBoy | 02/14/06
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Oracle bought Innodb and Sleepycat to kill them.
krehbiel | 02/14/06
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Well, people are going to wise up and only use components that can't be
DonnieBoy | 02/14/06
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I had thought about using SleepyCat for a data store in one of my projects,
DonnieBoy | 02/14/06
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Looks like open source is the new shareware
ordaj@... | 02/14/06
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Presure for this from US based Governement Agencies
mighetto | 02/14/06
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Biting off nose to spite face...
techboy_z | 02/14/06
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WISE UP Indeed! In Ellison's Own words
John Zern | 02/14/06
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