I asked this of a contact I have with Sun who pointed out that MySQL is not only a different product from the heavy weight Oracle system, the current market and end users are quite different too. One author nicely describes it as comparing dolphins with nuclear powered submarines. He strongly suspects given the past support by Oracle towards open source solutions and it's wish to maintain any market share, it really has no option but to fully embrace and continue technical support for MySQL.<br>
<br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/25 Bill Kerr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:billkerr@gmail.com">billkerr@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
roland,<br><br>here is the view of one of the co-founders of MySQL<br><a href="http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/04/to-be-free-or-not-to-be-free.html" target="_blank">http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/04/to-be-free-or-not-to-be-free.html</a><br>
<br>His concern is that the MySQL developers will now be scattered<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">"The biggest threat to MySQL future is not Oracle per se, but that the
MySQL talent at Sun will spread like the wind and go to a lot of
different companies which will set the MySQL development and support
back years"<br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Roland Gesthuizen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com" target="_blank">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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In this news report, software giant Oracle will purchase Sun Microsystems for $US 7.4 billion. Some interesting synergy here with both huge supporters of open source
software and Oracle similarly committed to Linux and other open platforms. All up, it is good news for Java, Solaris and even OpenOffice.<br> <a href="http://tr.im/jebX" target="_blank">http://tr.im/jebX</a><br clear="all">
<br>Last year I was very fortunate to visit Oracle HQ as part of the ACCE2008 study tour of San Francisco and was pleasantly surprised by how seriously they take their philanthropic mission to serve students. (thank you to VITTA and my school for cosponsoring my visit). <br>
<br>Good luck to the 2009 team that is probably now assembling their thoughts and making lists of things to do. I am going to be quite envious of your travels :-)<br><br>Regards Roland<br><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br>
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br>
<a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead<br>