Oracle buys Sun

[Daniel Eischen]

On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:

> Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at FreeBSD.org> writes:
>> Jayton Garnett <jayton.garnett at gmail.com> writes:
>>> I just can not help but feel that buying Sun had something to do
>>> with MySQL's demise and possibly ceasing funding for any of it's
>>> development.
>> Where do you get that idea from?  Sun hasn't ceased funding--quite the
>> contrary.
>
> Think future, not past.  Why would Oracle want to finance the
> development of one of their main competitors?

Positive press?

As a way to entice HW purchases (Solaris/Linux preloaded
with and tuned for Mysql)?

For Mysql support contracts and classes?

An entry way into the more profitable Oracle systems (why do
dealers give away free drugs to school kids)?

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DE