On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Valsa Williams <valsa.willi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Biju Chacko <biju.cha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/technology/companies/21sun.html?ref=business >> >> Well ... what to the Sun and ex-Sun folks on the list think of this? >> >> -- b >> >> > What they do with MySQL and Open Solaris would be interesting to know . > Lets hope Oracle does not undo all the Open Source initiatives of Sun, that > would be disastrous !
Personally, I am concerned about OpenSolaris. Solaris as an operating system probably has a brighter future under Oracle than before, but the OpenSolaris project does not seem to make too much sense for Oracle. I don't see them being too interested in an Ubuntu-like desktop-friendly OS being developed out in the open. Solaris might just go back to being a closed-source big iron operating system, which would be a terrible shame. As for MySQL, I just don't know. It is kind of like the Vatican picking up Playboy, Inc. It might make sense to keep it going from a business perspective, but something *just* does not seem right. Venky (the Second). -- One hundred thousand lemmings can't be wrong.
