This is good news. As long as those of us that have deployed 7.3 and were planning on implementing 7.4 can still get all the stuff from the sapdb site then we are all in dandy shape.
Regardless of what I am running now I will still try the collaborated product once released as I believe it will be a fine piece of work. Thanks SAPDB team! -----Original Message----- From: Marcin P [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 8:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Dear SAP DB Community, ... I am too :)) (not only bound to 7.3 but happy with this as well). And therefore I would like to ask one more question: Will the versions 7.3 and 7.4 will be still supported by SAP DB team (with this mailing list for example)? Could we count on Your excellent work, just in the area of fixing bugs? Thanks in advance, Marcin Uzytkownik "Jeroen Boomgaardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisal w wiadomosci news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
