> On 10/8/05, Martijn Tonies <m.tonies@...> wrote:
> >

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2005/10/03/daily52.html?hbx=e_du

>
> and mysql's responses:
>
> http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/005490.html
> http://www.planetmysql.org/kaj/?p=20
> http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/news/article_968.html
> http://zurlocker.typepad.com/theopenforce/2005/10/oracles_open_so.html
>
> ps: they could jump to firebird as storage/transactional/relational
> engine ;) if oracle
> will cut InnoDB (i don't think so)

I kinda fail to see why the MySQL fans - those that are happy about this -
say that Oracle now recognizes open source and wants to help it ... Yeah
sure, they did it with Linux. But they have no market share to loose with
Linux ... I doubt they will do the same with InnoDB, it wouldn't make sense.
This sounds like a "can't beat em, join em, squeeze em" to me :-)

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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