Re: Oracle is acquiring...............................

2007-11-26 Thread Martijn Tonies
I am little bit worried about the mysql future and me too. Oracle has acquired Innobase and now BDB also. Slowly it is capturing the whole. What is the future of mysql. my future is also related to mysqls future. MySQL should have some thing in their own hands Like Falcon? Martijn Tonies

Re: Oracle is acquiring...............................

2007-11-26 Thread Craig Huffstetler
Like Falcon? Yes, Falcon is a great piece in the MySQL arsenal if you ask me (or probably any MySQL devotee). Cheers, Craig Huffstetler On Nov 26, 2007 8:06 AM, Martijn Tonies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am little bit worried about the mysql future and me too. Oracle has acquired

Re: Oracle is acquiring...............................

2007-11-26 Thread Glyn Astill
surely mysql would just fork the last gpl innodb release if they got bummed by oracle... --- Martijn Tonies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am little bit worried about the mysql future and me too. Oracle has acquired Innobase and now BDB also. Slowly it is capturing the whole. What is the

Re: Oracle is acquiring...............................

2007-11-26 Thread Martijn Tonies
surely mysql would just fork the last gpl innodb release if they got bummed by oracle... I doubt if they can -- from the InnoDB website: The GPLv2 License The GNU General Public License version 2, under which both MySQL and InnoDB are published, does not allow, without permission from MySQL

RE: Oracle is acquiring...............................

2007-11-26 Thread Shanmugam, Dhandapani
: Re: Oracle is acquiring... surely mysql would just fork the last gpl innodb release if they got bummed by oracle... I doubt if they can -- from the InnoDB website: The GPLv2 License The GNU General Public License version 2, under which both MySQL and InnoDB

Re: Oracle is acquiring...............................

2007-11-26 Thread Martijn Tonies
What is the reason for Oracle to detain Mysql Features like BDB, INNODB...? Is there any Hidden Market strategies for that Who knows, but Oracle? Either way, given that MySQL isn't free and thus InnoDB isn't free, there's money in it. Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - development tool

Re: Oracle is acquiring...............................

2007-11-26 Thread Jeremy Cole
, 2007 7:41 PM To: MySql Subject: Re: Oracle is acquiring... surely mysql would just fork the last gpl innodb release if they got bummed by oracle... I doubt if they can -- from the InnoDB website: The GPLv2 License The GNU General Public License version 2, under which

RE: Oracle is acquiring...............................

2007-11-26 Thread Parikh, Dilip Kumar
Of Jeremy Cole Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 11:15 PM To: Shanmugam, Dhandapani Cc: Martijn Tonies; MySql Subject: Re: Oracle is acquiring... Hi, I wouldn't say the Sleepycat/BDB acquisition had anything to do with MySQL. BDB is much more useful *outside* of MySQL, and has

RE: Oracle is acquiring...............................

2007-11-26 Thread Shanmugam, Dhandapani
Subject: RE: Oracle is acquiring... Hi all, Wow, the rumors were true. Oracle is snapping up Open Source Database companies now. First it was Innobase (see Oracle buys Innobase. MySQL between rock and hard place?) and now it's Sleepycat Software. The purchase of Sleepycat

RE: Oracle is acquiring...............................

2007-11-26 Thread Parikh, Dilip Kumar
; Martijn Tonies; MySql Subject: Re: Oracle is acquiring... Hello, This shouldn't come as anything shocking to regular readers of this list. Oracle picked up Sleepycat back in Feb of 2006. http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2006_feb/sleepycat.html Well past

Re: Oracle is acquiring...............................

2007-11-26 Thread mos
At 07:26 AM 11/26/2007, you wrote: Like Falcon? Yes, Falcon is a great piece in the MySQL arsenal if you ask me (or probably any MySQL devotee). Craig, I have my doubts about Falcon replacing InnoDb. I don't think it will be fast enough to handle a lot of users. As to why