On Jan 19, 2008 11:39 PM, Ariz Jacinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > here's an interesting analysis from Dvorak: > http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/sun-mysql-deal-stinks/story.aspx?guid=88606B4A-A4AF-46FC-9C80-6B186A622456&dist=SecMostEmailed
Reading dvorak articles will make your IQ go down by 20 points... Kidding aside, he's one of the biggest trolls out there and his articles are usually in a manner like this: * Meant to shock and very opinionated but not insightful at all. * Correct information on one one sentence, wrong on the other paragraphs and commentaries blended together to make it authoritative. And the last but crucial part... a few sentences at the end and peppered with words like "maybe", "remains to be seen", "if", etc. so that he can have an "exit" strategy if he is proven wrong. * On the first few sentences, he claims mysql competing with Oracle? Is he on dvocrack? Oracle targets the High/Med companies while mysql is on the small/med companies. There is no competition here. Of course, there are special big companies that uses mysql like google, but they are more of the exception rather than the norm. * This from the same guy who says that Linux will go nowhere, the mouse would not be used by people, iphone will be a failure, etc. At the end, in any venture like the mysql deal, it's either success or failure. I'm thinking it's going to be a success because dvorak says it's a failure. :) -- regards, Andre | http://www.varon.ca _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
