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Re: [SAGE] Sun acquires MySQL

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From: "Kate Harris" <kat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:25:18 +0000
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On 19/01/2008, Rodrick Brown <rodrick.brown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-01/sunflash.20080116.1.xml
>
> Not sure why Sun waited until the very last minute to do this, this
> acquistion should have happened many years ago I think its a bit too late
> but who knows.
> Just imagine how many MySQL support licenses they could have sold with
> E450's V880's etc..

Not sure how this will work now in practical terms with Oracle owning
innoDB.  Yes, innoDB is still open source, but could Oracle change
their mind on that at any time?  My grasp of the details is sketchy at
best, but it's still something that sprang to mind when I saw the
press release last week.

K
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