Re: Oracle tried to buy MySQL

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Oracle tried to buy MySQL
Date: 2006-02-16 22:37:12
Message-ID: 43F4FE98.20800@j-davis.com
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> http://news.com.com/Oracle+tried+to+buy+open-source+MySQL/2100-7344_3-6040197.html?tag=nefd.lede
>
>

This probably means that the just bought Sleepycat and Innobase in an
attempt to scare MySQL into a lower price.

This also means that Oracle could also try to hurt PostgreSQL in a
similar way (i.e. hiring all developers).

However, since PostgreSQL developers aren't centralized, that would
leave Oracle with a problem. Anyone in the world who wanted a job at
Oracle could just hack some PostgreSQL code for a couple months :)

Regards,
Jeff Davis

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