where will oracle be? JAmes > The OSS community is not blind as PostgreSQL is more than a match for > Oracle and is under a BSD license so will be around for a while. > Secondly, MySQL is getting soooo much publicity, you would think it is a > viable alternative for Enterprise level RDBMS needs to Oracle. > > Lastly there is the 1000 pound gorilla in IBM that is also funding Linux > in a big way and porting their two Enterprise Level DBs (Informix and > DB2) fully to Linux, so there will be competition. > > I think within 5 years one of the following will happen. > Microsoft will join the Linux bandwagon and try and sell all its apps on > Linux (i.e. exchange, Outlook and MSOFFICE). > Microsoft will buy a much higher stake in Apple (say 30% or more) and > use it as a platform to push a microsoft solution alternative (on UNIX) > than Linux. They will then encourage OS X on intel boxes. This will be > of limited value if they go this way because teh cost factor of OSS will > still beat OS X, but the move to Intel would significantly reduce the > price of OS X because of the much larger market it would reach. For > microsoft it would be a case of better-devil-you-know! > > Kiggs > > Lunghabo James wrote: > >>Guys >> >>I sometimes wonder when I see the way in which Oracle is courting Linux >> and OSS so much that we get blinded. To the best of my Knowledge, >> Oracle has some of the most restrictive licensing regimes ever seen on >> the face of the world. However they have succeeded in keeping the FOSS >> community mum and all guns are turned towards Microsoft. >> >>I hope we are not putting our selves in a situation of the friendly fox >> that later eats you up after you have fattened. I dont know how many of >> you are following the Oracle Vs Peoplesoft story but it gives one >> insight as to the extent Oracle is willing to go to dominate the >> market. >> >>http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=48258 >> >>Essentially, Oracle has launched a hostile take over for Peoplesoft >> whether the owners like it or not. >> >>Scared >> >>Wire >> >> >> >> >>--------------------------------------------- >>This service is hosted on the Infocom network >>http://www.infocom.co.ug >> >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug
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