__/ [ ed ] on Wednesday 25 April 2007 20:24 \__
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:51:50 +0100
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> IBM, MySQL team up on database software
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Executives at IBM, the world's No. 2 software maker, and MySQL told
>> | Reuters they will announce a technology and marketing partnership
>> | on Wednesday at a MySQL users' conference in Santa Clara,
>> California. `----
>>
>>
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/04/25/ibm_mysql_team_up_on_database_software/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News
>> http://tinyurl.com/2mwwkx
>
> interesting, are they dropping db2?
Here's the Reg's interesting take.
http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/04/25/mysql_ibm_partnership/
"IBM has teamed with database rival MySQL in a deal illustrating how far it's
prepared to go to reach open source developers and stuff Oracle and
Microsoft."
This was a proper marketing deal, so it appeared to be stronger than I had
initially imagined, based on a newer article which goes deeper. Open Source
'Attaway baby'?
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