John Paczkowski

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“If Oracle is allowed to acquire MySQL, it will predictably limit the development of the functionality and performance of the MySQL software platform, leading to profound harm to those who use MySQL software to power applications.”

Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman urges the European Commission to block Oracle’s proposed acquisition of Sun.


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  • http://blog.macb.net Mac Beach

    Big fan of Stallman here, but I don’t see what stops someone from taking the existing code base and forming MySQL2.

    I don’t know what Sun’s problems are, but clearly they have been struggling with an identity crisis for several years.

    Sun, facing pressure from commodity hardware looked to software for a rescue, but now Oracle, facing similar commodity pressures (for databases) decides to get into the hardware business.

    This can only get better.

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