On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 11:29:24AM -0700, Dann Corbit wrote: > Consider what happened to Stak verse MS. Stak won the court case > but still went out of business. My point exactly ;) Cheers, D > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Fetter [mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 11:17 AM > > To: Marc G. Fournier > > Cc: Dann Corbit; snacktime; pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: Oracle buys Innobase > > > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 02:47:31PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > > > Stupid question here, but how susceptible is Oracle to "monopolistic > > > practices", similar to what M$ is going through with the DoJ in the > > > US? This seems to be *very* close to the line, if it isn't over it > > > ... no? > > > > It may well be, but somebody would have sue, and then they would have > > to win against Oracle. I don't think that MySQL AB has the resources > > to fight such a legal action, even assuming they'd win it. > > > > Cheers, > > D > > -- > > David Fetter david@xxxxxxxxxx http://fetter.org/ > > phone: +1 510 893 6100 mobile: +1 415 235 3778 > > > > Remember to vote! -- David Fetter david@xxxxxxxxxx http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 510 893 6100 mobile: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend