To answer your question I don't think the fabled price slash of Oracle will have any impact on MySQL or its community. Surely you can understand that since this is a mailing list, any posts of such titillating rumors will get a large response.
I'd also like to add that after having used MySQL for two years and corresponding with the very helpful people behind MySQL AB, I'd be hard pressed to find a better, more stable database with the wonderful support that comes from the whole community. Oracle will continue to be slowly abandoned as the decision makers choose open source and low (no) cost over proprietary and stupendous costs. Larry has enough cash to hold him over for the rest of his life, but even so I'm sure he could get his hands in the mix with the soon to be developing third world corporations who will need ways to manage their livestock. I for one will be glad to see those inflated price tags go. THBBTHT! -----Original Message----- From: MadProfessor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 8:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Charles McGrotty' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Impact of Free ORACLE Ok, Ok, KIDZ, I get it. I had just heard from a rather reliable pair of sources that the oracle system was free, so I thought I'd ask you cats if you had any thoughts.... Now I get endless buillshit sarcasm, instead of the simple 1 or 2 people pointing out that I'm wrong. The rest of you guys who thought you were being original by giving me shit as if we were on slashdot need to realize there's no call for all that. I was trying to find out more about how everyone felt. I still run MySQL on my servers, and while I was interested in how Oracle works, I wasn't about to switch, so don't feel like you need to be questioning my geekiness, nor my interest in free software or open source. End fucking rant, have a nice day. VJ MadProfessor --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
