I think Oracle is still having strong marketing power and ability,
so I can't imagine the future of MySQL and Oracle,
but the most important thing is no one can stop
the technology commoditization and the industry movement
to the opensource. No one can stop.
I don't know the survivor of the opensource RDBMS will be PostgreSQL or not,
but I always hope so. :-)
Anyway, MySQL could not escape from Oracle's acquisition at last.
Very ironic.
2009/4/20 Melanie <melanie@dunslane.net>:
> You'd have to think MySql's demise is highly likely which would likely be a
> good thing for PostgeSQL, more demand for non-oracle licenses and lower
> costs in todays economy means people will look for ways to reduce price with
> a good database and PostgreSQL will be a respected solution.
>
> Gabriele Bartolini wrote:
>>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> what's going to happen now?
>> http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/
>>
>> I am still in the process of understanding the impact of this on a wider
>> scale. I would love to collect some ideas that can be presented during
>> community talks, as "How is Oracle acquisition of Sun going to influence
>> PostgreSQL" is a question that often and inevitably will be asked - I
>> presume. I would love to get a list of PROS/CONS of this agreement as far as
>> PostgreSQL is concerned, both from a technical point of view and a marketing
>> point of view, so I believe your ideas are more than welcome!
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Ciao,
>> Gabriele
>>
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