beebum Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/sun-acquires-mysql.html/ Personally, I think this will be good for MySQL and the MySQL community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfmason Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I would have to agree with you on this one. I think that putting the full resources of sun behind mysql will do nothing but good. I look forward to the acquisition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibberous Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Hope they don't port it to java... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
448191 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Big news, I guess. Don't know how I should feel about it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teng84 Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 i have read this news also.. and some react like they are afraid that MYSQL will be no longer free any thoughts about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 i have read this news also.. and some react like they are afraid that MYSQL will be no longer free any thoughts about this? I have heard nothing that indicates that MySQL's licensing scheme will be changed. (At present, MySQL is licensed under the GPL for the Free version, and an OEM license for commercial users.) A part of me hopes that they do change the MySQL licensing, so then the world will hear about PostgreSQL, which is, in my opinion, far superior to MySQL. And there is another part of me that hopes that they preserve the current licensing, so the users still have a choice. Even if the only choice available is the product that I prefer, I would be uncomfortable. I would feel locked-in, as though I were back in the world of Microsoft, and I don't want that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/16/2337224&from=rss Either fork over the cash or live without some of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awpti Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Sensationalist crap. Title of that article is misleading at best. All is well with mySQL. Check out the comments from Mr. Misko. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ask21900 Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I would have to agree with you on this one. I think that putting the full resources of sun behind mysql will do nothing but good. I look forward to the acquisition. Man, I love your signature! On topic though... Sun has been great with everything that they have done. Adding MySQL to the mix is definately a great thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadonarrival Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 i have read this news also.. and some react like they are afraid that MYSQL will be no longer free any thoughts about this? Sun has consistently shown itself to be a contributor to the open source community - more then one sun developer is currently working on linux projects. Plus they know that if they made mysql a paid for service/application, their user base would drop significantly. It's so big mainly because it's free. If it wasn't, many of us would (through choice or economics) move on to something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Just as I was somewhat satisfied to report that Sun would be closing down bits and pieces of MySQL (I don't much like MySQL), I am equally satisfied to report that Kaj Arnö, VP of MySQL's Community Relations has announced that they've reversed their earlier decision re: closing it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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