Also they are buying Sun. MYSQL, Java, etc.
SW
On 7/31/2009 9:34 AM, Donna Marie Vincent wrote:
Okay, I was thinking "Oracle db" which has nothing to do with open
source or Joomla.
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*From:* Hans C. Kaspersetz <h...@cyberxdesigns.com>
*To:* NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla@lists.nyphp.org>
*Sent:* Friday, July 31, 2009 8:59:34 AM
*Subject:* Re: [joomla] Breaking News.....ORACLE SPONSORS JOOMLA FOR
$1,500
Oracle owns MySQL now.... And MySQL is in all likelihood the mostly widely
deployed DB in use with Joomla! Not to mention the fact that MySQL is
Open
Source. Oracle also owns Sun now, which has Open Solaris and some other
major open source projects. I think we want Oracle on our side.
Hans
>
> We do not support people who do not abide by GPL. Oracle also
> does support Open Source.
> http://oss.oracle.com/
> They sponsored because I asked.
> Scott Wolpow
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