seeing ZFS and dtrace in the Linux world would be amazing.. but seeing more of the linux world in opensolaris would be equally amazing...
and having a full UNIX server to build an optimized oracle for would be interesting to. the mind spins with geeky dreams On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Al Tobey <tob...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:52 AM, James Mcphee <jmc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> It was just announced that Oracle is buying Sun. This is not a drill. How >> is this going to play out for Java and MySQL? > > I've been quite fond of OpenSolaris lately. What I really hope they > do is license ZFS and Dtrace for GPLv2 so Linux can use them. They > did mention Solaris a bit in the press releases, so it is a major part > of the deal. It's not a bad OS and is open source. If they > license it GPLv2, everybody will win in the end. Solaris will get to > borrow drivers from Linux and Linux will get ZFS and Dtrace. > > As for Java, just look at the nightmare that is OAS (Oracle > Application Server). Hopefully they'll fire that entire unit (sans > the guys responsible for TopLink) and replace it with Glassfish. If > they try to use their own Java people, it'll be a mess and Java will > suffer. That much is proven by their track record with OAS. > > I think MySQL will live on but its name will change to one of the > forks like Drizzle or the other bit one whose name I forget. Then > again, maybe they'll start adding PL/SQL and other goodies to MySQL > and evolve it into a kind of gateway drug to Oracle, which would be > just fine with me. I'd love to be able to do full Oracle SQL and > PL/SQL in MySQL and scale up to full Oracle later on. Almost nobody > writes straight to the C API's any more so it's feasible. > > Anyways, those are my fanboi dreams for this deal. I really look > forward to seeing how this plays out. It's definitely going to be > more interesting and less scary than the IBM deal would have been. > > -Al Tobey > >> -- >> James McPhee >> jmc...@gmail.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
