Re: Oracle buys Innobase

From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Oracle buys Innobase
Date: 2005-10-17 12:32:24
Message-ID: 54ce0dc6efb9c2845965b72cc19548cf@biglumber.com
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> I think Oracle will buy MySQL too eventually

No, MySQL AB is a private company and would probably never
sell to Oracle.

> They started with InnoDB because that is likely to lower the
> price tag of MySQL

You seem to misunderstand the power and wealth of Oracle. The cost of
buying MySQL AB would be insignificant to them.

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