Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe" for MySQL AB?

merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:
> Oracle purchases Sleepycat.  From what I understand, BerkeleyDB was the
> "other" way that MySQL could have transactions if Oracle decided to
> restrict InnoDB tables (after purchasing Innobase last year).

> Does this mean the other shoe has dropped for MySQL AB?

The deal's not gone through yet, but it sure does look like they want to
put a hammerlock on MySQL ...

            regards, tom lane