On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 12:41:09PM +0100, Johan De Meersman wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Anthony Pace" <anthony.p...@utoronto.ca> > > > > I have heard that due to Oracle taking over, the OS community is > > shifting to other type of DB's . > > I think the question has long been answered. However, out of curiosity (and > because they are the questions you should ask yourself anyway), *who* have > you heard that from, and what might they not have told you? :-) > > I can imagine there's zealots from pretty much every database that will be > claiming similar things about every project they see as a competitor to be > stamped out. Hell, Monty himself has been scaremongering plenty around the > time Oracle announced the takeover. > >
And for damn good reason. And looking back, it is hard to believe that this was almost true a mear 2 years ago. We are in one of the most rapid rivers of change I'd ever experienced, and most of the change is not good, not good at all...starting with Oracle buying Sun and Mysql > > -- > Linux Bier Wanderung 2012, now also available in Belgium! > August, 12 to 19, Diksmuide, Belgium - http://lbw2012.tuxera.be > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
