I have to disagree, your degrading the open community that built MySQL (well supported it anyway). But now that it is doing well, your saying they aren't good enough, after the fact they already built it. Yet it is good enough to for SUN and Oracle to buy. As a small business owner, the last thing I am going to do is service a free product, that will compete with my cash flow product. Get real!! Oracle is not going to rescue MySQL. Oh they are willing take control of it, just so they can dumb it down, and use its code in their own product. If you actually believe Oracle is going to service, update, and develop MySQL, then you are the naive one. Except naive isn't the word that comes to mind.
Having said that, a save-mysql-website is not the answer, if SUN wants to sell it they have the right to do so, and sell it to the highest bidder, or the lowest, or whoever they feel like. MySQL belongs to SUN. Apparently they are serious about selling it off. With that in mind, if you want to stop the giant Oracle from oppressing MySQL you better step up and make SUN an offer, because it is business, SUN will sell it. Selling to Oracle will not give Oracle a monopoly, therefore there is no grounds to prevent the sell. Again, SUN will sell it to Oracle unless someone gives SUN a better deal. It will not matter how many I-hate-Oracle or Anti-sell-to-Oracle websites are created. This business people, big business. Robert Canary OCDirect Electrical-Datacomm (270) 298-9331 (270) 955-0362 ----- "Douglas Nelson" <douglas.nel...@sun.com> wrote: > You guys are incredibly naive, Oracle has promised to support MySQL > for > the next 5 years. Who better to have stewardship of a database product > > then the leading database supplier. I think you guys have visions of > > grandeur to think you could spend this kind of effort or resources to > > build a better MySQL then Oracle. As for competing for market share > against the Oracle product.. you guys have obviously never used the > Oracle database it puts MySQL to shame in so many different ways and > so > many different levels. Keeping MySQL around serves many purposes for > Oracle very nicely.. one of my favorites is the screws to IBM's DB2 > and > Microsoft's Access... couple of real winners there I tell ya. Putting > > MySQL in the hands of half cocked want-a-be's would surely be the > death > blow to MySQL faster then Oracle would ever hope too.. should they > decide to. So at least for the next 5 years sit back and enjoy the > ride! > > Thanks Doug > > Peter Brawley wrote: > > Actually just $8.95/year, I just registered save-mysql.org. Anybody > > > want to help set up the page? > > > > PB > > > > ----- > > > > Peter Brawley wrote: > >> Twenty bucks a year to hold the domain name. I'll do it if a couple > > >> of folks volunteer to help set up the page. > >> > >> PB > >> > >> ----- > >> > >> Bruno B. B. Magalhães wrote: > >>> Lets register the domain www.keep-mysql-open.com, build a > champain, > >>> and ask all our partners, clients and friends to support to it? > >>> > >>> And let's make some noise... Let's engage the society and big > >>> companies like Google, Facebook, twitter, 37Signals, Amazon, > Percona, > >>> etc. And starting talking to the media like TechCrunch.com, > >>> BusinessWeek, ZD.Net, etc. > >>> > >>> Without society's engagement we won't acomplish anything! > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Bruno B. B. 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Thank you for > your > >>> cooperation. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Quoting mos <mo...@fastmail.fm>: > >>> > >>>> Instead of forming a group hug and singing kumbuya to save MySQL, > why > >>>> don't we take some action to prevent Oracle from keeping > >>>> (destroying/crippling) MySQL? > >>>> > >>>> Who are the regulatory bodies that will decide whether Oracle can > keep > >>>> MySQL? Both in Europe and North America? Asia? > >>>> What are their email addresses? They may not realize how > destructive > >>>> Oracle can be to the future of MySQL and the number of MySQL > database > >>>> installations this will affect. > >>>> > >>>> I think we should start a writing campaign to the regulatory > >>>> bodies to > >>>> force (or encourage) them to have Oracle to sell or spin off > MySQL to > >>>> another party. What we need is ACTION. > >>>> > >>>> So if someone could provide us with the names of these > regulatory > >>>> parties and their email addresses, we can try to light a fire > under > >>>> them to put pressure on Oracle. A web page to SaveMySQL would > also > >>>> help > >>>> get our message across. > >>>> > >>>> What do you think guys? Can someone provide us with the names and > > >>>> email > >>>> addresses of the regulatory bodies, or would you rather I post > the > >>>> lyrics to kumbuya? > >>>> > >>>> Mike > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> MySQL General Mailing List > >>>> For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > >>>> To unsubscribe: > >>>> > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=brunomagalh...@blackbean.com.br > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- End forwarded message ----- > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> No virus found in this incoming message. > >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.427 / Virus Database: > >>> 270.14.113/2573 - Release Date: 12/18/09 07:35:00 > >>> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.427 / Virus Database: > >> 270.14.113/2573 - Release Date: 12/18/09 07:35:00 > >> > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=phan...@ohiocounty.net -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
