Re: Oracle tried to buy MySQL

David Fetter wrote:
>> This probably means that the just bought Sleepycat and Innobase in
>> an attempt to scare MySQL into a lower price. ...
>
> I doubt that Oracle is unaware of the players and their roles in
> PostgreSQL's developer organization.

I think it's more a matter of BDB & InnoDB and MySQL's customers
that makes Oracle look there rather than here.

Consider that with Sleepycat now Oracle can claim

Google's Gmail is powered by Oracle technology
Microsoft's Groove is powered by Oracle technology
Amazon's A9 Search is powered by Oracle technology
AOL search is powered by Oracle technology
Yahoo's Finance is powered by Oracle technology

while previously they had little traction in the high-traffic
web space. (I had someone criticize an oracle-based
dotcom company we were trying to sell with the comment
"Oracle may scale technologically, but it doesn't
scale financially".)

And I'm not aware if before BDB Oracle had any embeddable
products like those used in EMC's storage appliances
and Sony's set-top boxes (which both use BDB)

And with InnoDB they can claim Sabre / Travelocity, etc.

I think they had a product-gap in that area, and went for
the players with the biggest customer list there.

I still bet that any Postgresql-based-company that
had advertised comparable customer list would get
Oracle offers very quickly.