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- Well, people are going to wise up and only use components that can't be
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bought. PostgreSQL is looking better all the time.
Especially open source stack/service providers like Spike Source. They will want to make sure their stacks can not be bought and screwed over.
Still too early to see what Oracle will do here though. - Posted by: DonnieBoy 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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