From: | "Ron Mayer" <ron(at)intervideo(dot)com> |
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To: | "Jan Wieck" <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com> |
Cc: | "postgres list" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] SAP and MySQL ... [and Benchmark] |
Date: | 2003-06-05 21:22:33 |
Message-ID: | POEDIPIPKGJJLDNIEMBEMEPPCOAA.ron@intervideo.com |
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Jan wrote [to hackers, but I moved it to general (sorry in advance if that
was bad)]:
>
>SAP failed on the attempt to open source ADABAS even more miserably than
>Borland with Interbase. Now it looks like they found someone who said
>"we know open source, we can do that, oh pick me, me, me, pick meeeeee!"
I wonder if the SAP deal is related to the $19.5 million round of
venture capital MySQL AB just raised:
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2003/06/02/daily19.html
"2003-06-04...
Open-source data firm raises $19.5 million
A Swedish open-source database developer with U.S. offices in Seattle
has raised $19.5 million to continue its advance into the database
market.
MySQL AB said its backers were led by Benchmark Capital of Palo Alto,
Calif.,...
"
Could be the investors wanted to see closer business ties, and SAP's a nice
big business to have close ties to.
Ron
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