On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 09:31:19PM -0600, Kenneth Burgener wrote:
> I was reading an article ("Oracle: SELECT * FROM Sun" [1]) discussing
> Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems [2]. The article speculates on
> the effect this could have on various Sun backed projects such as MySQL,
> Java, Solaris, and OpenOffice. Oracle Database is a direct competitor
> with MySQL. Do you think Oracle will continue to support MySQL, or will
> it will morph into an "Oracle Express Edition"? Do you think the
> acquisition will have a positive or negative impact on these important
> projects?Actually, I'm more interested in Oracle acquiring Virtual Iron. This acquisition tells me Oracle isn't interested in Sun's xVM. Why purchae a directly competing product to the one you just purchase months prior? http://www.oracle.com/virtualiron/index.html -- . O . O . O . . O O . . . O . . . O . O O O . O . O O . . O O O O . O . . O O O O . O O O
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