Chris Browne <cbbrowne@xxxxxxx> writes: > tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Lane) writes: >> I've been trying to figure out what it is that Oracle gets out of >> this, assuming that they don't see MySQL as a serious threat to >> their core business. > [ snip ] > Of course, if the "ability to support R/3" requires InnoDB stuff, then > this means Oracle just did a nice job of cutting off this strategy... Ah-hah. *Now* it's all clear: an alternative to Oracle for SAP would definitely be a strong threat to Oracle's bottom line. I think we just found the real motivation. (BTW, has anyone looked lately to see how far away Postgres is from being able to run SAP?) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly