On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Venky TV <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally, I am concerned about OpenSolaris. Solaris as an operating > system probably has a brighter future under Oracle than before, but > the OpenSolaris project does not seem to make too much sense for > Oracle. I don't see them being too interested in an Ubuntu-like > desktop-friendly OS being developed out in the open. Solaris might > just go back to being a closed-source big iron operating system, which > would be a terrible shame.
Might make some amount of sense if they intend to challenge Microsoft in the OS business. > As for MySQL, I just don't know. It is kind of like the Vatican > picking up Playboy, Inc. It might make sense to keep it going from a > business perspective, but something *just* does not seem right. I still can't figure out _what_ exactly they were after -- it's obviously some part of Sun's software business, but which? -- b
