-----Original Message----- From: Bob McConnell [mailto:rvm@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 9:59 AM To: Marc Christopher Hall; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: 800 pound gorilla From: Marc Christopher Hall > > Sun buys MySQL and now Oracle buys Sun (not final, yet). What will happen > with the main db we PHP'ers have come to know and love especially since v 5 Speak for yourself, I prefer PostgreSQL. But there are already two announced forks of MySQL, created by developers that left after Sun bought the company. So I don't think you'll be in any trouble. I did a Google search last week on "executives departing MySQL" and found them. Bob McConnell This being a PHP forum I will stand down on a performance/stability debate over PostgreSQL and MySQL. These responses are what I was fishing for. My gut reaction was "Not again!" and this time I initially feared a future axe to MySQL. Upon further thought (and a few deep breaths) I agree that for the near future, an immediate canning of MySQL would not be in Oracle's best interest. However, since Oracle has been the competition and (I had no idea other developers had already begun a fork of MySQL) I believe that Oracle will close the door on MySQL eventually. Time will tell. Meanwhile, back to work for me. -Marc Hall -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
