| From: | Robert Bernier <robert(dot)bernier5(at)sympatico(dot)ca> |
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| To: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Oracle buys Innobase |
| Date: | 2005-10-17 19:22:49 |
| Message-ID: | 200510171522.50047.robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca |
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On Monday 17 October 2005 14:17, Chris Browne wrote:
> greg(at)turnstep(dot)com ("Greg Sabino Mullane") writes:
> >> I think Oracle will buy MySQL too eventually
> >
> > No, MySQL AB is a private company and would probably never
> > sell to Oracle.
>
> A significant portion of it belongs to a sizable set of venture
> capital organizations to whom money talks pretty loudly.
>
> A good offer from Oracle ought to be attractive to them...
Hey, don't forget MySQL AB is a European company. This won't fly like it would in the US, the anti-trust laws are stricter.
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