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Open-source culture at heart of Oracle deal
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| But like most open-source companies, MySQLâs
| sales, tied to support deals, never matched
| the astronomical number of downloads for its
| product, about 60,000 a day. In January 2008,
| the founders decided to sell the company for
| $1 billion to Sun Microsystems. And this
| year, Sun agreed to sell itself to Oracle,
| which makes database software aimed at larger
| companies and tougher jobs, for $7.4 billion.
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http://www.mydigitalfc.com/companies/open-source-culture-heart-oracle-deal-702
Open Source as a Model for Business Is Elusive
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| Now, disagreement over the value of MySQL â
| both as a stand-alone entity and as part of a
| big company â lies at the heart of a bitter
| public battle between Oracle and the European
| Union over the Sun acquisition. The fight
| illuminates a larger truth about open-source
| companies: their societal and strategic
| importance far exceeds their financial value
| as operating businesses.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/technology/business-computing/30open.html?_r=1
Are open source programmers fools and suckers?
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| Analyst and consultant Josh Greenbaum has
| criticised the European Commissionâs view
| that Oracle should jettison MySQL. Part of
| his argument is that MySQL canât die because
| it is open source â and, Greenbaum says, this
| means there is no end of suckers willing to
| maintain it for free.
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| [...]
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| In part, open source software isnât about
| money. Young Finnish student Linus Torvalds
| certainly wasnât thinking âhow can I monetise
| this?â when he posted his now-famous Usenet
| post that heâd made a rudimentary Linux-like
| kernel.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/29698/1141/
Recent:
Oracle begs EC for more time
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| The European Competition Commission is
| extending the deadline set for Oracle to
| provide evidence that its proposed takeover
| of Sun Microsystems will not damage
| competition for European consumers.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/oracle_commission_extension/
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