SUN BOUGHT OUT MYSQL!!!

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SUN BOUGHT OUT MYSQL!!!

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But MySQL is free.....

Anyone wanna buy Linux? I'll sell it really cheap!
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That's not quite how it works Kieran.. Sun own OpenOffice, too.

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/0 ... uys_mysql/

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Sun have agreed to buy MySQL AB, the company behind MySQL.
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Yet no one points out they spent $1 Billion USD to buy it. How about that for open source?
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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!
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Kieran Huggins wrote:But MySQL is free.....

Anyone wanna buy Linux? I'll sell it really cheap!
Dude, if it comes with a penguin, I'm in!
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sarcasm detectors were turned down or off in this thread.
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They are probaly with the "bbCode on by default" settings somewhere.
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