[SLL] Sun buys MySQL

[Brian Hatch]

When some clock read 2008-01-16 07:01 -0800, Glenn Stone offered:

> Just heard from a reliable source (a MySQL employee) that Sun is buying
> MySQL.  Given that Solaris and MySQL are both available under the GPL,
> methinks this is going to have a major impact on the Linux and the greater
> FLOSS community, in particular Oracle shops (it's obvious to me that that's
> what Jonathan is up to, is one-upping Larry Ellison and giving it away)... 
> 
> I've gotta give Sun credit.  I honestly think Jonathan Gets It... and he's
> just put his money where his mouth is.  I don't think it's going to mean
> we'll all run Solaris in a few years; far from it, there's too much history
> and installed base.  But I do think it's going to mean that the likes of
> Brian Aker are going to be coming out with some interesting things in the
> next little while... and we're going to be the beneficiaries.

My first impression was that Sun and Oracle have had an up and down
relationship ("Oracle prefers Sun hardware!  Oracle prefers Linux!
Rinse, lather, repeat!") for ages.  Sun's making a desperate effort
to make sure they don't lose outright their spot in the application
stack.  Sometimes Sun smells like SGI to me.

I sincerely hope I'm wrong.

-- 
Brian Hatch                  Indecision is the key
   Systems and                to flexibility
   Security Engineer
http://www.ifokr.org/bri/

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