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Oracle and MySQL: Ally or Die?
Sitepoint ^ | 4.26.09 | Craig Buckler

Posted on 04/26/2009 9:26:32 AM PDT by libh8er

Much to the industry’s surprise, Oracle has bought Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion following the breakdown in talks with IBM. Sun’s future appeared to be uncertain and few expected Oracle to be waiting patiently in the wings (although it does explain why Sun was prepared to walk away from IBM’s offer).

There are several good reasons why Oracle wanted Sun…

* Sun’s hardware and backup solutions could be good for Oracle’s software * the Java programming language * VirtualBox Virtual Machine software * OpenOffice * and MySQL - the world’s most popular open-source database.

Whilst MySQL and Oracle are not exactly direct competitors, those of a more cynical disposition would expect Oracle to kill off the competing database. That could be difficult since MySQL is open-source and anyone can contribute to the application. However, Oracle could starve the project of resources. Influxis.com

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: java; mysql; oracle; sun; technology

1 posted on 04/26/2009 9:26:32 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: libh8er
Does this mean my OpenOffice will go away, and I'll have to buy Microsoft Office?
2 posted on 04/26/2009 9:30:24 AM PDT by ChicagahAl (Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
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To: libh8er; All

Well there is an different Open Source database..


3 posted on 04/26/2009 9:30:45 AM PDT by KevinDavis (Now a member of the NRA)
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To: ChicagahAl
Does this mean my OpenOffice will go away, and I'll have to buy Microsoft Office?

Ask yourself if Larry Ellison is a buddy of Bill Gates and you will have the answer to your question.

4 posted on 04/26/2009 9:36:46 AM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: libh8er

The thing about MySQL is that it's relatively simple, which means that applications using SQL to talk to it don't use a lot of proprietary extensions. Such applications can be migrated to other database platforms fairly easily.

If Oracle has their head on straight, what they'll do is add some -- but not all -- proprietary Oracle extensions to MySQL. People who start out with MySQL and who use the non-standard Oracle stuff in it will have a greased path to Oracle if they ever get really big.


5 posted on 04/26/2009 9:37:38 AM PDT by Nick Danger (I am Obama of Borg. Allegiance is futile. You will be capitulated.)
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To: KevinDavis
Well there is an different Open Source database..

...which, if everyone using MySQL were forced to switch to, would cost billions... it would be like saying everyone using PCV pipe in their building has to change it out for PEX. Not too technically difficult, but still a huge expense and hassle.

6 posted on 04/26/2009 9:42:38 AM PDT by Sparticus (Libs, they're so open minded that their brains leaked out.)
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Great to those who knows Postgre or others...


7 posted on 04/26/2009 9:47:32 AM PDT by KevinDavis (Now a member of the NRA)
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To: KevinDavis

I’ve got quite a bit of experience with PostgreSQL, including with databases with hundreds of millions of records in them and installed on both Linux and Windows systems.


8 posted on 04/26/2009 6:11:03 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: Question_Assumptions; All

I’m using MySQL and to be honest, I prefer it over SQL Server or Oracle..


9 posted on 04/26/2009 6:18:44 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Now a member of the NRA)
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To: KevinDavis

I’ve been happy with PostgreSQL and had experience with an earlier Postgres-related database that helps, too. My experiences with SQL Server have been pretty good but I found Oracle to be too quirky.


10 posted on 04/26/2009 6:52:43 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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