| From: | "Luke Lonergan" <llonergan(at)greenplum(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Ned Lilly" <ned(at)nedscape(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "PostgreSQL Advocacy" <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Oracle buying Sleepycat, JBoss, and |
| Date: | 2006-02-10 16:41:02 |
| Message-ID: | C012021E.1C0F2%llonergan@greenplum.com |
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Bruce,
On 2/10/06 8:27 AM, "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> What they are _not_ getting involved in is software that is community
> controlled, like PostgreSQL or Linux, because it much harder to see how
> a purchase would allow tight control of the software, resulting in
> revenue.
True.
I think it's clear they're going after applications again - buying many
proven foundational elements of a software development stack in one gulp.
What I wonder is what their next step might be - did they do this (and
InnoDB) to remove competition? Or do they expect to somehow monetize a new
stack?
Is Oracle trying to become an open source company?
- Luke
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