SUN BOUGHT OUT MYSQL!!!
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- Kieran Huggins
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Re: SUN BOUGHT OUT MYSQL!!!
But MySQL is free.....
Anyone wanna buy Linux? I'll sell it really cheap!
Anyone wanna buy Linux? I'll sell it really cheap!
Re: SUN BOUGHT OUT MYSQL!!!
That's not quite how it works Kieran.. Sun own OpenOffice, too.
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/0 ... uys_mysql/
For more news.
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/0 ... uys_mysql/
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Re: SUN BOUGHT OUT MYSQL!!!
Sun have agreed to buy MySQL AB, the company behind MySQL.
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Re: SUN BOUGHT OUT MYSQL!!!
Yet no one points out they spent $1 Billion USD to buy it. How about that for open source?
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Re: SUN BOUGHT OUT MYSQL!!!
I was being facetious... but it turns out that's just Latin for "jerkstore". Sorry 
I think it's a great move - Sun has a history of supporting OSS. I only hope they can recover their investment!
I think it's a great move - Sun has a history of supporting OSS. I only hope they can recover their investment!
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Re: SUN BOUGHT OUT MYSQL!!!
Dude, if it comes with a penguin, I'm in!Kieran Huggins wrote:But MySQL is free.....
Anyone wanna buy Linux? I'll sell it really cheap!
Re: SUN BOUGHT OUT MYSQL!!!
sarcasm detectors were turned down or off in this thread.
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Re: SUN BOUGHT OUT MYSQL!!!
They are probaly with the "bbCode on by default" settings somewhere.