Looks like the decision was based on mysql s recent acquisition (not so recent)
YouTube uses mysql Sent from my iPhone On Aug 3, 2011, at 6:47 AM, Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/02/apple_dumps_mysql_from_mac_os_x_server/ > > Apple has removed MySQL from the latest version of Mac OS X server, replacing > it with PostgreSQL. > The previous version of the OS – Snow Leopard Server – offered access to > MySQL from both the GUI and the command line, but the open source database > has disappeared entirely from Mac OS X Lion Server, released last week. > Postgres is there, but it's available only from the command line. > > EnterpriseDB – the outfit that has commercialized the open source PostgreSQL > – says it was unaware of the change until Lion hit the Apple Store, and the > company indicates that it has had no involvement with Apple when it comes to > the inclusion of Postgres with Mac OS X Lion. "We weren't working with them > directly on this," vice president of business development Sean Doherty tells > The Reg. > > Dohery and Karen Tegan Padir, vice president of products and marketing at > EnterpriseDB, speculate that Apple has removed MySQL from the OS because the > relational database has fallen into the hands of Oracle. "Apple has always > been known not to favor GPL licensed software," Padir says. "It seems that > they're worried about IP issues, especially in light of Oracle's lawsuit > against Google and Android over Java." > > Oracle filed suit against Google a year ago, accusing the web giant of > deliberately infringing various Java-related patents and copyrights that > Larry Ellison and company acquired with its purchase of Sun Microsystems. The > suit asserted seven patents, claiming infringement by Android's Dalvik > virtual machine, the Android software development kit, and other parts of the > mobile operating system. > > Like MySQL, Java is open sourced under the GPL, but Google's use of Java is > vastly different from Apple's use of MySQL in past versions of Mac OS X > Server. Google built its own Java virtual machine, Dalvik, and Java's > licensing includes "field of use" (FOU) restrictions that prevent the closed > source Java Technology Compatibility Kits (TCKs) from running on mobile > devices. > > But Padir and Doherty also argue that separate from any legal threat, > Oracle's approach is open source development is, at best, unclear. "The > roadmap of MySQL is uncertain," Padir says. "Sun had an open source strategy. > Oracle's strategy is all about business." > > Padir points out that Postgres is under a BSD-style license, which is more > lenient than the GPL. And naturally, she argues that Postgres is simply a > better database. "Postgres has a better security model, greater > high-availability options, better developer support. You can write stored > procedures in multiple languages," she says. > > In any event, Apple has removed the open source MySQL from Mac OS X Server. > If you wish to use MySQL with the latest version of the OS, you'll have to > install it yourself. Some peoplearen't too happy about this, but we would > advise them to read the writing on the wall. > > Apple no longer sells physical XServe servers, and the OS now sells for a > mere $50 – $450 less than the previous version. Apple is very much a consumer > company, and though it continues to develop Mac OS X Server, you get the > feeling this could end at any time. The OS's Server Admin tools are no longer > installed by default, and though the new Server App is meant to replace them, > the general consensus is it doesn't quite do so. > > "MySQL and the server admin tools gone from Lion Server? Is this a joke? Is > Apple really serious about servers?" writes one user on the Apple support > forums. > > The answer to that question is a resounding "no" > > > > > -- Acta Virum Probant -- > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way.
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