Thanks, now that's clear information. And, as a happy 7.3-camper, glad to hear this.
Regards, Jeroen Boomgaardt On Monday, June 2, 2003 at 2:13:01 PM, Joerg wrote: > Dear SAP DB community, > Despite our information (original info see below) a misleading discussion took place > during the weekend. We therefore want to point out that > * SAP AG has not given up any rights with respect to SAP DB or its code base > * Ongoing development and support of SAP DB is under the responsibility of our > team inside SAP's technology development > * MySQL AB becomes a reseller of SAP DB > * The MySQL rebranding of SAP DB will be done in release 7.5 > * The content and development plan for this release will be published as soon > as the planning process is finished > * The license changes from LGPL to GPL will become effective with the > rebranded version 7.5 > * All earlier SAP DB versions (e. g. 7.3 and 7.4) stay under the present > LGPL/GPL licensing model > We will keep you informed as best as possible. > Best regards > J�rg Hoffmeister for the SAP DB team > -----Original Message----- > From: Montag, Marina > Sent: Mittwoch, 28. Mai 2003 16:25 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Dear SAP DB Community, ... > Dear SAP DB Community, > Through our partnership with MySQL AB and a MySQL rebranding of SAP DB, we will head > to get a bigger share of the DBMS market inside the SAP customer base as well as in > the non-SAP market. This > will improve both our visibility and our market perception. > MySQL is the most popular open source DBMS. Our partnership combines > enterprise-class DBMS technology with the power of the most quickly growing open > source community. Together we want to create > enough momentum to become the number four in the DBMS market. What Linux is for > operating systems today, > we intend to become for database management systems in the future. Our partnership > will expedite the growth of the MySQL ecosystem of end users, consultants, DBMS > service companies, and > independent software vendors. > Starting in Q4 2003, SAP DB will be renamed under a MySQL branding. SAP AG remains > responsible for ongoing development and support. So SAP may have given up the DBMS > market but has not given up the > development of DBMS technology. The rebranded version of SAP DB will be promoted and > offered inside > the SAP customer base together with SAP applications as well as outside the SAP > market. The rebranded version of SAP DB will be part of MySQL AB's product portfolio > in addition to its present > product offerings. In this way, the large community of MySQL users gets the > alternative of an > enterprise-ready database product. Contrary to erroneous press reports, SAP AG has > not given up any rights concerning the SAP DB code base nor handed over or even sold > SAP DB to MySQL AB. > The rebranded version of SAP DB will be no longer published under the present > licensing model: LGPL for all client libraries and GPL for the rest of the system. > Instead, MySQL AB will offer the > rebranded SAP DB under their proven business model. It will be available as open > source software > completely under GPL as well as under a commercial license at commodity prices. This > will be the only real change for the present SAP DB user community. > Best regards, > Your SAP DB Team _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
