On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 03:22:49PM -0400, Robert Bernier wrote:
> On Monday 17 October 2005 14:17, Chris Browne wrote:
> > greg(at)turnstep(dot)com ("Greg Sabino Mullane") writes:
> > >> I think Oracle will buy MySQL too eventually
> > >
> > > No, MySQL AB is a private company and would probably never
> > > sell to Oracle.
> >
> > A significant portion of it belongs to a sizable set of venture
> > capital organizations to whom money talks pretty loudly.
> >
> > A good offer from Oracle ought to be attractive to them...
>
> Hey, don't forget MySQL AB is a European company. This won't fly like it would in the US, the anti-trust laws are stricter.
One can always hope... it would allow a friend of mine at a company with
some funding from a MySQL investor to ditch MySQL.
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