| From: | Steve Wampler <swampler(at)noao(dot)edu> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "Randal L(dot) Schwartz" <merlyn(at)stonehenge(dot)com>, Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe" |
| Date: | 2006-02-14 17:52:29 |
| Message-ID: | 43F218DD.7060800@noao.edu |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> merlyn(at)stonehenge(dot)com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:
>> Oracle purchases Sleepycat. From what I understand, BerkeleyDB was the
>> "other" way that MySQL could have transactions if Oracle decided to
>> restrict InnoDB tables (after purchasing Innobase last year).
>
>> Does this mean the other shoe has dropped for MySQL AB?
>
> The deal's not gone through yet, but it sure does look like they want to
> put a hammerlock on MySQL ...
Oracle claims it has (has anyone been contacted by Oracle about PG :)?):
http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=180200853&subSection=Open+Source
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Steve Wampler -- swampler(at)noao(dot)edu
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