Re: MySQL analysis

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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:44:15 -0500
Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

> I doubt Sun has any dramatic license changes for the near term future
> in mind. But part of the reason to pay $1B for an acquisition is to
> earn some money with it. If you look around, the revenue estimates
> are some $60 to $70 million dollar US for 2007 (the official numbers
> aren't published). Over half of that, according to MySQL, is coming
> from license fees, the other (smaller) half is from services and
> support. Since licensing offers a much better profit margin than
> services, it seems reasonable to assume that much of Suns focus will
> be on that part of the business.
>

IMO, Sun bought mysql for a simple reason. To sell servers. Companies
like having a single entity to go to. If *I* as joe shop can say, I
need a LAMP solution.. Sun can say, "For 9995.00, you get a decent,
supported LAMP solution that is 100% open source running on our famously
kick butt hardware and our famously kick butt now open source Solaris
operating system. Oh and btw, you get MySQL the World's most *cough
cough wink wink* popular database system."

Heck I could sell that with my eyes closed and an Elephant on my back.
Of course Sun has to execute, and that is a whole other ball of ear wax
for them.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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