SAP and MySQL to cooperate (?!)

Heise [*] is reporting that SAP and MySQL are forming a partnership
with the aim of creating a database server product based on
MySQL and SAP-DB. The report indicates MySQL will do the development
over a period of several years.

The report (in German, haven't seen any other sources) is here:

http://heise.de/newsticker/data/hps-23.05.03-000/

It also says the existing SAP-DB will be rebranded "MySQL".

Babelfish says:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?url=http%3A%2F%2Fheise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fdata%2Fhps-23.05.03-000%2F&lp=de_en&tt=url

("barrier village" is babelfish's rendering of the place name Walldorf, where
SAP is located).

(BTW here in Germany it is no longer April 1st ;-)

Ian Barwick
barwick(at)gmx(dot)net