Re: Oracle buys Innobase

From: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Oracle buys Innobase
Date: 2005-10-17 18:17:11
Message-ID: 60y84sf1p4.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com
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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...
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