Anti-patent MySQL AB being swallowed by more equivocal Sun
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| MySQL AB, a company outspoken in its criticisms of software patents, will
| become part of Sun Microsystems, which tolerates such patents, presumably as
| a kind of necessary evil. This will leave the anti-software patent leadership
| in the hands of the EFF, Richard Stallman, and the like, while we wait to see
| if a new corporate champion emerges.
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http://scottmace.typepad.com/imanager/2008/01/anti-patent-mys.html
Extinguishing LAMP: Sun Buys MySQL
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| By buying MySQL, Sun clearly wants to buy into that stack and success – and
| push out GNU/Linux, either with OpenSolaris (for those startups that Schwartz
| mentions), or with the full-fig Solaris for the “traditional” (= boring and
| conservative) enterprises.
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| It's a clever plan that makes sense on paper, but it remains to be seen
| whether LAMP will get junked in favour of SAMP. I doubt it, personally,
| because despite all the excellent work Sun has done in the field of open
| source, there remain lingering suspicions, fuelled by its insistence on
| retaining significant control over both Java and OpenOffice.org.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=376
MySQL, Solaris share performance tuning feature
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| MySQL and Solaris are both using an advanced tracing tool to smoke out
| performance problems, and Linux doesn't have anything like it.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/011608-tracing.html
On the other hand, there are positive things too.
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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