From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Oracle buys Innobase |
Date: | 2005-10-14 17:54:24 |
Message-ID: | 1129312464.22362.1.camel@jd.commandprompt.com |
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> Personally I think it's quite unlikely Oracle would try attacking
> any F/OSS project on patent grounds. They've pretty much bet
> the company on Linux (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5825433.html
Linux isn't a competitor, PostgreSQL is.
> My guess is that Oracle simply recognized that the Innobase guys
> were solid database engineers with a product with a growing customer
> base in a niche (low end databases) that Oracle didn't have a large
> presence.
Oh if the world were that nice. Yes you could be correct but my very
strong opinion on this is that they did it because it can set back
MySQL for 18-24 months.
>
> Therefore it made sense from both a recruiting and a
> business growth opportunity to acquire them.
Oracle isn't interested in the 395.00 market.
>
> On those grounds I could certainly see Oracle buying successful
> postgresql-based companies -- again, for both the talented people
> and the proven market for those products.
For people maybe, but they really don't need the database.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
> But rather than
> harm the project, I imagine that would simply create incentives
> for other talented database developers to join the project.
>
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