On Jul 7, 2009, at 7:00 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> Well, true, but for how long under Oracle's reign? A while I'd think. This was a valuable part of Sun to Oracle, (they bought Sun because Oracle is completely dependent on Java now, and has been since the 8i-9 transition, this way they control that bit.) LOTS of big-iron Oracle databases run on Sun clusters. This way they can sell the whole widget: an industrial-sized Oracle appliance. Plus Sun was dirt-cheap. (I laugh, thinking back to the days when all the pundits were breathlessly suggesting that Sun buy Apple.) I'm more concerned about all the OSS that Sun was nurturing: VirtualBox, OpenOffice, Java, etc. Unless Oracle's looking to take a run at the utopian dream of the thin client, and take on Microsoft in Microsoft's home court, I suspect those things will eventually be spun off, or simply dropped off outside Sourceforge, with a note attached "Please take care of this orphaned Open Source". -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
