| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com |
| Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, nhrcommu(at)rochester(dot)rr(dot)com |
| Subject: | Re: Oracle buying Sleepycat, JBoss, and |
| Date: | 2006-02-11 03:22:34 |
| Message-ID: | 200602110322.k1B3MYY18189@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> > Could Oracle modify PHP and JBoss so they work poorly with open source
> > databases?
>
> Sure. However, their communities can also fork them. That's unlikely with
> JBoss which is corporate, but PHP is pretty close to forking already. If
> Zend+Oracle tries to lock out MySQL from PHP, you'll see a fork real fast.
OK, more realistic question. What if Oracle creates something like
AJAX, which works with PHP/JBoss, and Oracle, but not with other
databases because those other databases don't have the hooks? They are
not removing functionality, but adding Oracle-specific stuff.
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