I think that this is in general good news.
1. Big corporate users will be more open to use MySQL, knowing that it has the support of a big, well known company.
2. I would hope that Sun would improve the integration of MySQL with Java, which is also good news.
3. Many demos and Sun products (and non-Sun products also) may now include MySQL, which is also good. In the pass, I would have to toss away Sun's database (I can't even remember the name), and then install MySQL.
In general, I think this is a good news. Schwartz seems to be an energetic and enthusiastic leader who is well in synch with the open source community, so I don't think that this will cause major negative repercussions in MySQL or the open source community.
Luis
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Aaron Bartell
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 9:56 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: Sun to buy (maybe) MySQL
Interesting story on ITJungle this morning:
http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh012108-story04.html
I am curious to know how this will alter the direction of MySQL on the
System i. Obviously Sun and IBM already have a lot of vested interests with
each other, so I wouldn't imagine this would be anything but good. Then
again, what if the current staff that have made MySQL what it is, determine
they don't like working for a huge corporation like Sun (MySQL was/is 400
employees) and leave.
I am guessing IBM/Zend knew about this? Wonder if they will prepare a
statement declaring their continued commitment to SQL on the System i?
Thoughts?
Aaron Bartell
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