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"fewer companies peddling software will be better for business..."
So guess what Oracle has planned.
I would imagine it will absorb them into Oracle, where it becomes another Oracle project, where you get what Oracle gives you, maybe not necessarily what you want. - Posted by: John Zern 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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