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[News] MySQL a "Disruptive Technology", Sun Makes a Good Home

  • Subject: [News] MySQL a "Disruptive Technology", Sun Makes a Good Home
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:37:52 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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A bright future for MySQL

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| MySQL is an example of a disruptive technology. At first, it was too puny for 
| the proprietary databases to notice, and satisfied only small users. But its 
| powers grew, and the size of the companies using it also increased. It cannot 
| match the upper limits of DB2 capability at this point, but it will be 
| interesting to see if and when that day comes. But it doesn’t have to; it is 
| already transforming most of the database market. May Sun invest the money 
| (and employ the open source software developers) to take it to the top.      
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http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/01/17/a-bright-future-for-mysql/

Five Questions Facing Sun Micro's MySQL Acquisition

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| Ever work for a small company that was acquired by a big, legacy technology 
| company? Ever work in a nimble organization where decisions were made in an 
| instant -- rather than debated in a committee? As a fast-moving Web 2.0 
| pioneer, MySQL will need to adjust to Sun's more mature culture. On the flip 
| side, Sun will need to maintain the best of MySQL's fast-moving, creative, 
| open culture.     
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/60555-five-questions-facing-sun-micro-s-mysql-acquisition?source=yahoo


Related:

Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL

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| Sun Microsystems, Inc. has said that it has entered into a definitive 
| agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of 
| the world’s fastest growing open source databases for approximately $1 
| billion in total consideration. The acquisition accelerates Sun's position in 
| enterprise IT to now include the $15 billion database market. Today's 
| announcement reaffirms Sun's position as the leading provider of platforms 
| for the Web economy and its role as the largest commercial open source 
| contributor says Sun.       
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/15752/sun-microsystems-announces-agreement-acquire-mysql

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