On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 02:34:13PM -0600, Stuart Jansen wrote:
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> I'm under no illusion that Oracle is going to start handing out free
> candy to small children. But as Mark Twain might say "The reports of
> [MySQL's] death are greatly exaggerated."
Speaking of exaggerated deaths, I've always be
Andrew McNabb wrote:
> The only aspect in which I still "hate" them is the Microsoft Tax. This
> has started to go away for the lowest end netbooks, but it's still not
> gone yet. And I guess I'm still bothered by the Tom Tom lawsuit.
Well, there are still reasons to strongly dislike them and th
On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 11:55 -0600, Richard Esplin wrote:
> Though I see that Microsoft is adapting to stay relevant, I'm not sure it can
> make the kind of transformation that IBM did as long as Balmer and some of
> the other old-time execs are still around. The culture is changing at the
> deve
Though I see that Microsoft is adapting to stay relevant, I'm not sure it can
make the kind of transformation that IBM did as long as Balmer and some of
the other old-time execs are still around. The culture is changing at the
developer level and program level, but the corporation still plays ga
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:09:32AM -0600, Stuart Jansen wrote:
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> In the world of the fan boy, saying anything nice about Microsoft is a
> cardinal sin. Some Linux fan boys are so ideologically pure they would
> denounce even Richard Stallman if he ever hinted at a positive opinion
> of anything
On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 09:01 -0600, Wilson Tarbuckles wrote:
> If by "every bit as proprietary as Microsoft" you mean "also
> learning to
> embrace F/OSS", then I agree.
> embrace is too benign a word to adequately explain what they are
> doing:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org
>
> If by "every bit as proprietary as Microsoft" you mean "also learning to
> embrace F/OSS", then I agree.
>
embrace is too benign a word to adequately explain what they are doing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish
microsoft doesn't think of open source software the s
--- On Tue, 4/21/09, Aaron Toponce wrote:
> Oracle is every bit as proprietary as Microsoft, and they have
> a reputation around where I work as being a bully, very "dog
> eat dog'.
Whatever Oracle's reputation for cutthroat business in the
proprietary arena, the company does also support a few
On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 14:17 -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote:
> Oracle is every bit as proprietary as Microsoft, and they have a
> reputation around where I work as being a bully, very "dog eat dog'.
If by "every bit as proprietary as Microsoft" you mean "also learning to
embrace F/OSS", then I agree.
Oracle is every bit as proprietary as Microsoft, and they have a
reputation around where I work as being a bully, very "dog eat dog'.
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On Tuesday 21 April 2009 12:18:03 pm Stuart Jansen wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 10:23 -0600, Daniel Fussell wrote:
> > A moment of silence for MySQL
> > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/20/128246
At least is not as bad as Sun being bought out by Microsoft!
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Alberto Treviño
On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 10:23 -0600, Daniel Fussell wrote:
> A moment of silence for MySQL
> http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/20/128246
Anyone who thinks they know what will happen as a result of Oracle
buying Sun is kidding themselves.
The fact is, Oracle is simply too unpredict
On Tuesday 21 April 2009 10:36:18 am Gary Thornock wrote:
> Oracle could, I suppose, assert trademark rights and make
> the rest of the world stop using the MySQL *name*, but we still
> have the code.
So would we change the name or OurSQL? :-)
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Alberto Treviño
BYU Testing Center
Brigham Young
--- On Tue, 4/21/09, Daniel Fussell wrote:
> A moment of silence for MySQL
> http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/20/128246
I wouldn't assume the demise of MySQL just yet.
First: Oracle's not likely to drop MySQL development unless they
can guarantee that at least the paying MySQ
A moment of silence for MySQL
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/20/128246
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