http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/index.jsp
Just quick first thoughts….
What’s going to happen with MySQL then?
What about the hardware business?
Neither of these points mentioned in the announcement but I am sure we will all find out more soon.
I guess its got more chance of getting through the regulatory bodies than IBM would have had too.
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Michael Ramirez
April 20, 2009 // 4:55 pm
Don’t you mean Oracle to buy Sun
Jethro Grassie
April 20, 2009 // 5:13 pm
Ha, indeed!
Thanks for pointing out
To quick on my typing!
Jethro Grassie
April 20, 2009 // 5:24 pm
Also well worth reading:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/20/oracle_eats_sun/
Jeremy Rottman
April 20, 2009 // 6:42 pm
Makes you wonder if they are going to kill off mysql or parts of it for a more community flavoured version of Oracle or if they are just going to keep their entire product line. Either way, seems like a good time to make the switch to postgres.
Neil Mather
May 1, 2009 // 9:38 pm
Good article about impact on open-source offerings: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/oracle-acquires-sun-ars-explores-the-impact-on-open-source.ars
Of interest: “The value of Java to Oracle is almost entirely confined to the server market, so it seems extremely unlikely that Oracle will want to follow through with Sun’s efforts to restore Java’s relevance in the browser with projects like JavaFX which is aimed squarely at competing with Adobe’s deeply entrenched Flash framework.”
Neil Mather
May 14, 2009 // 6:44 pm
http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/open-database-alliance-hedges-against-oracle-plans-for-mysql.ars
Whatever Oracle does to MySQL, it’ll live on anyway…