Re: IBM to start selling MySQL products

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know you didn't write this, Steve.  The closing paragraph ("The number 
of programs written for DB2 is limited because it is a proprietary 
system that only works on IBM software.") is just a bit slanted, don't 
you think?  DB2, like SQL Server, is certainly not open source, but I've 
got a developer version running on my (Windows) PC at home.  And would 
someone explain to me what "only works on IBM software" means?  Did the 
author (unnamed in the on-line version) mean "IBM hardware"?  Which, as 
I said, would not be entirely true.


Anyway, I may be hallucinating here, but doesn't it seem like IBM is 
targeting Microsoft (without actually naming names when they do it) more 
and more these days?  One of the sessions at next week's COMMON 
conference is "Desktop Wars - OpenOffice from IBM".  The abstract is a 
bit enticing and on my list of sessions to consider.  It seems like 
there have been other little jabs at MS's realm but, I'll admit, my mind 
is a complete blank right now (probably all of that hallucinating - that 
was a good party last night).


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Steve Dodkins wrote:
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6179021.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=z
> dnn
>
> IBM plans to start selling products from smaller rival MySQL, a
> developer of an open-source database that is used to help run Web sites,
> including Yahoo, Google and YouTube. 
>
> Executives at IBM, the world's No. 2 software maker, and MySQL told
> Reuters they will announce a technology and marketing partnership on
> Wednesday at a MySQL users' conference in Santa Clara, California. 
>
> MySQL is a privately held company that develops standardized versions of
> the open-source MySQL database. It makes money by selling service
> agreements that cover upgrades, technical support and maintenance of
> those programs. 
>
> Developers have embraced MySQL because its code is open source. That
> makes it relatively easy to write programs that work with the database. 
>
> MySQL is one of the most popular types of open source software after
> Linux, the popular computer operating system. It competes with products
> from Oracle, Microsoft and other software vendors. 
>
> The agreement calls for IBM and MySQL to develop software that will make
> MySQL compatible with programs that run IBM's System i line of business
> computers, including IBM's i5 operating system DB2 database. IBM will
> also sell MySQL's service products. 
>
> While the two companies have traditionally competed, IBM decided to team
> up with MySQL because it found that some customers want both products,
> said Craig Johnson, a product manager with IBM. 
>
> DB2 is designed to handle large databases that are needed to support
> programs crucial to running large institutions such as banks, government
> agencies and insurance companies. 
>
> MySQL is more commonly used to run activities over the Internet, from
> Web sites of all sizes to business programs. 
>
> The number of programs written for DB2 is limited because it is a
> proprietary system that only works on IBM software. Thousands of
> programs are available for MySQL 
>
>
> Regards
>  
> Steve Dodkins
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