I'm sure you know more on this than I do, I've heard most developers for MySql are basically gone, MySql has been competition against Oracles higher cost program and my non-techie market experience is that companies may start out trying to hold on to something they buy but if it undercuts their main product, the main product wins out.  Techies are different though so perhaps..

Scott Mead wrote:
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Melanie <melanie@dunslane.net> wrote:
You'd have to think MySql's demise is highly likely which would likely be a good thing for PostgeSQL, more demand for non-oracle licenses and lower costs in todays economy means people will look for ways to reduce price with a good database and PostgreSQL will be a respected solution.

I would tend to disagree that it will die.  The recent new release of innodb (http://www.innodb.com/wp/2009/03/11/innodb-plugin-version-103-for-mysql-5130-32-33-released/) suggests that Oracle is not really interested in letting mysql die completely.  If I had to guess, I would say that mysql would probably be somewhat revitalized by the acquisition.  Sun has typically tended to be where good ideas go to suffer a lengthy death... Oracle moves deceptively yet true to its convictions, and never without a keen eye for the market. 

  My guess?  Oracle drops a few dollars on innodb, maybe even a few back into Mysql, and pushes it to new heights in the open source RDBMS world.  I see some tough competition for postgres coming up, but hey, competition has been known to drive innovation before.  I would say competitive times lay ahead.

Just my two pennies :)

--Scott