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I'm sure you know more on this than I do, I've heard most developers
for MySql are basically gone, MySql has been competition against
Oracles higher cost program and my non-techie market experience is that
companies may start out trying to hold on to something they buy but if
it undercuts their main product, the main product wins out. Techies
are different though so perhaps..<br>
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Scott Mead wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Melanie <span
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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.</blockquote>
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I would tend to disagree that it will die. The recent new release of
innodb
(<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.innodb.com/wp/2009/03/11/innodb-plugin-version-103-for-mysql-5130-32-33-released/">http://www.innodb.com/wp/2009/03/11/innodb-plugin-version-103-for-mysql-5130-32-33-released/</a>)
suggests that Oracle is not really interested in letting mysql die
completely. If I had to guess, I would say that mysql would probably
be somewhat revitalized by the acquisition. Sun has typically tended
to be where good ideas go to suffer a lengthy death... Oracle moves
deceptively yet true to its convictions, and never without a keen eye
for the market. <br>
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My guess? Oracle drops a few dollars on innodb, maybe even a few
back into Mysql, and pushes it to new heights in the open source RDBMS
world. I see some tough competition for postgres coming up, but hey,
competition has been known to drive innovation before. I would say
competitive times lay ahead. <br>
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Just my two pennies :)<br>
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--Scott <br>
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