Comments on Real Software: Oh MySQL, where art thou?

Many of the MySQL founders already left Sun. MySQ...

2009-04-27T00:17:00.000-05:00

Many of the MySQL founders already left Sun.

MySQL is open source so, unlike a proprietary product like REALbasic or REAL SQL Server, it can't be killed off in an acquisition.

If Oracle doesn't do a good job of supporting MySQL, someone else will... perhaps the people who already know how.

Must be nice to sell your company to Sun for a billion dollars and then keep all of the IP because it's open source.

But that was a comment by someone on the MySQL tea...

2009-04-23T07:48:00.000-05:00

But that was a comment by someone on the MySQL team at the MySQL User Conference. While it might turn out to be true, I wouldn't bet on it simply because it may just be more wishful thinking.

However, it is possible that Oracle does not see MySQL as in any way competing with their database business. But either way, things are going to change for MySQL, for better or for worse.

I've heard that the MySQL and Sun company cultures have not been a perfect fit. I can only imagine that Oracle's culture will be event less of a fit.

Only time will tell.

"it was stated that Oracle believes that both MySQ...

2009-04-23T00:52:00.000-05:00

"it was stated that Oracle believes that both MySQL and Oracle have different target audiences, and that therefore both of them will continue to be independently developed and marketed."

http://devzone.zend.com/article/4487-MySQL-announcements-Oracle-MySQL-5.4