Oracle has bought Sun

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Oracle has bought Sun

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I've also got that it will also further integrate the languages of Sun, like Java.
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The fate of MySQL hangs in the balance. Awaiting trial!
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Well thats kind of what I'm wondering...does MySQL open source stand a chance now -- or did Oracle buy out Sun in order to get at MySQL and remove it from the open source arena?

Here I am at work promoting MySQL over MSSQL because it's open source and the very existance now hangs by a thread. :P
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Oracle and MySQL target different market profiles, so I would think it is more of a case of Oracle trying to expand at bargain prices.
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PCSpectra wrote:Well thats kind of what I'm wondering...does MySQL open source stand a chance now -- or did Oracle buy out Sun in order to get at MySQL and remove it from the open source arena?
they cant, it is GPL
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arjan.top wrote:
PCSpectra wrote:Well thats kind of what I'm wondering...does MySQL open source stand a chance now -- or did Oracle buy out Sun in order to get at MySQL and remove it from the open source arena?
they cant, it is GPL
Yeah, exactly. Why is everyone so worried about this? If they kill off MySQL or Java, it will be forked pronto.
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they cant, it is GPL
I realize that but if Oracle stops supporting it then it's up to the community -- are there enough core contributors who are open source adovcates? Hopefully so...
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MySQL is already forked, check Drizzle
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MySQL is also forked by the founder of MySQL: http://askmonty.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Neither of which are officially supported by most LAMP stacks that I'm aware of???

I like LAMP...the peices of software work out of the box from a clean install and no tinkering around required -- usually anyways.

Trying to get PHP to play nice with a MSSQL on a Windows machine while running PHP under Linux is a nightmare/PITA. :P
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I couldn't care less. I switched to PostgreSQL and I couldn't be happier. I love it. :D
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Luke wrote:I switched to PostgreSQL and I couldn't be happier. I love it. :D
Can you post some key differences from a software developers point of view?

The only "vs" articles I can find are outdated or just lists of specifications which don't mean anything to me.
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jayshields wrote:
Luke wrote:I switched to PostgreSQL and I couldn't be happier. I love it. :D
Can you post some key differences from a software developers point of view?

The only "vs" articles I can find are outdated or just lists of specifications which don't mean anything to me.
Just try it :)

Try to migrate one of your MySQL DBs to PGSQL and see how it works. Define some foreign keys, sequences, etc. Take a look at its PL.

I love its flexibility (I mean PGSQL) - e.g. try to define so called "series" in MySQL...

The "vs" articles I've read, authors say that PGSQL is superior than MSSQL and MySQL.
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I seriously doubt that Oracle cares about MySQL one way or the other. My bet is they bought Sun for Java and Solaris and, to some degree, for the hardware business even though that is essentially all outsourced - there is some base there. MySQL is pretty small stuff to them and my bet is they spin it off.

Actually, if Monty asked them for it, they might give it to him. :)
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