Re: [ilugd] SUN to buy MySQL
in infinite wisdom Kenneth Gonsalves spoke thus On 01/18/2008 10:24 AM: so with sun owning mysql and oracle owning innodb - where does that leave the users? Very happy indeed - http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/winds_of_change_are_blowing -- raj shekhar facts: http://rajshekhar.net | opinions: http://rajshekhar.net/blog Yoda of Borg are we: Futile is resistance. Assimilate you, we will 'Borg? Sounds Swedish.' - Lily, Star Trek First Contact ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] SUN to buy MySQL
in infinite wisdom Raj Shekhar spoke thus On 01/19/2008 10:24 AM: Very happy indeed - http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/winds_of_change_are_blowing Though, to counter the point - sun seems to have a dismal record with its acquisitions. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/john-dvoraks-second-opinion-sun-mysql/story.aspx?guid=%7B88606B4A%2DA4AF%2D46FC%2D9C80%2D6B186A622456%7Ddist=hplatest and http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=106 Remember to add a pinch of salt, since the above are all blogs/opinion pieces. -- raj shekhar facts: http://rajshekhar.net | opinions: http://rajshekhar.net/blog Yoda of Borg are we: Futile is resistance. Assimilate you, we will 'Borg? Sounds Swedish.' - Lily, Star Trek First Contact ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] SUN to buy MySQL
On 19-Jan-08, at 10:24 AM, Raj Shekhar wrote: so with sun owning mysql and oracle owning innodb - where does that leave the users? Very happy indeed - http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/winds_of_change_are_blowing omg - billion dollars to wean the world away from ANSI SQL - I always thought LAMP was Linux Apache Mod_python and Postgresql -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] SUN to buy MySQL
On Jan 18, 2008 10:24 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17-Jan-08, at 11:03 PM, Yashpal Nagar wrote: http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jan172008/ business2008011646990.asp so with sun owning mysql and oracle owning innodb - where does that leave the users? Oracle to buy BEA http://www.news.com/Oracle-to-buy-BEA-for-8.5-billion/2100-1014_3-6226385.html?tag=nefd.top ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] SUN to buy MySQL
Deccan HeraldSun Microsystems Inc, announced from Santa Clara, California, on Wednesday, that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of world's fastest growing open source databases for approximately $1 billion in total consideration. Full story at http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jan172008/business2008011646990.asp Regards Yash ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] SUN to buy MySQL
On 17-Jan-08, at 11:03 PM, Yashpal Nagar wrote: http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jan172008/ business2008011646990.asp so with sun owning mysql and oracle owning innodb - where does that leave the users? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ Foss conference for the common man: http://registration.fossconf.in/web/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
