Venkatraman S wrote:
Who said so? Not sure whether you know :
http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/open-source/index.htm
SIebel/JD Edawards/PeopleSoft Entreprise Suites are still supported and new
releases being launched. (IF i am right, PeopleSoft HCM was launched in Sep
2009 and so is the case with the other Suites).
Yes, I said nothing "comparable" - contributing some money to some
FOSS-related foundations, and supporting existing projects, doesn't come
anywhere near wholly embracing open source as a central business
strategy like Sun did (and spending enormous resources and creating and
maintaining new ones). So you have to admit that Sun was any day a
better home to MySQL than Oracle is.
Sure, Oracle might put out small upgrades and give required support to
existing customers over that platform - but for good or bad, they don't
push Siebel products or JD Edwards anymore. Let's face it, the primary
motive behind acquiring those companies is to neutralize competition,
and they have been very effective at doing that. And there is absolutely
no guarantee that they wouldn't try to do that to MySQL.
I'm sure there are good hearted FOSS-loving folks at Oracle. But in
MySQL's case unfortunately, it's not just any FOSS project - one that
could very well kill the lower to mid-end of Oracle's market. And we're
supposed to believe that Oracle's shareholders/executives will let that
happen?
As for devising a plan, one need not do that, actually - open source
projects will obliterate Oracle - it's just a matter of time. If not
MySQL, probably MongoDB. Or something else. Let's face it - Oracle is
already a dinosaur. We're just trying to protect a well-loved bunny
called MySQL from it - whatever the fate of the bunny, the dinosaur will
be done for, sooner or later :)
Vamsee.
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