mySQL isn't assimilating SAPDB. They are getting it for free. I doubt they even know what they have yet.
The Borg don't pay either ;-)
Do you really think the tiny little mySQL organization "bought out" SAPDB :0 SAP is a huge company with huge profits compared to mySQL.
No, but some guy at SAP thought, that it would be a good idea to give SAPDB away.
5. SAP strikes a deal to give SAPDB to MySQL including labor of the employees for some time period. Better than just shutting the doors overnight, but still a plan to rid themselves of the product line and staff (just in a phased approach).
I think the "open sourcing" of SAPDB was a _last ditch effort_ for a product dying from own weight. I think management at SAP decided open sourcing didn't work and is exiting the stage on the DB market. MySQL picked it up at clearance price. I wouldn't be surprised if mySQL is getting free labor (paid employees for x years) and all the technology out of the deal. In other words, SAP may be _paying_ mySQL to take the product as part of a graceful way of ridding themselves of the product.
Wild speculation on my part. Only my personal opinion of the tracks I see on the road. I could bey _way way off_. No intention to offend anyone.
I feel that this is exactly wat's going on.
I often said, that SAPDB need a cleanup - now it's MySQL's job to do that by starting a new product to be modeled on SAPDB.
Let's see where the story goes.
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