On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Bob McConnell <rvm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Marc Christopher Hall > > From: Bob McConnell > >> 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 > >> > >> 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. > > > > > > 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. > > I don't think it makes any difference what Oracle does with it. I > believe most or all of the core source is available under the GPL. So it > will always be available. There is certainly enough interest in the > application that it will attract a number of talented developers no > matter who manages the process. So even if Oracle dumps it, it will > continue to exist in one or more forks. The only business issue will be > who can use the trademark. > > On the other hand, there are some closed source utilities and components > that may have to be recreated for any forked version. After all, it was > the "Enterprise" package that was generating the revenue. That is the > only part of the product that Sun or Oracle could really control. > > Bob McConnell > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > I think it will be interesting to watch. Oracle does use and support OS, demonstrated nicely by bundling PHP into their application engine. MySQL enterprise will nicely fill a hole in the lineup for SMB that Oracle has a tough time supporting with the expensive enterprise class products. Hopefully there won't be much change in the next few years, but I shall remain hopeful that things will stay the current course -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat
