I’ve always despised Oracle and its founder, Larry Ellison, as completely oblivious to the PC marketplace. Perhaps that’s not the case, but certainly the impression I get. That makes his purchase of Sun Microsystems and its MySQL database software all the worse:
Mueller described Oracle’s proposals in an email as “purely cosmetic and totally ineffectual, not preventing the near-instantaneous cessation of innovation in and around MySQL because neither enterprise users nor storage engine vendors nor forkers — developers of products derived from the MySQL code base — would have a secure future and real incentive to invest.”
The five-year extension of terms and conditions of existing MySQL licensees is insufficient, he added in a follow-up phone conversation.
More recently from the Denver Business Journal:
Oracle Corp. on Monday said it would enhance Sun Microsystems Inc.’s MySQL and release future versions of the open-source database software if it is allowed to acquire Sun.
The acquisition would combine two of Colorado’s largest tech employers, each of which have thousands of workers in the state.
In a move aimed at winning European regulatory approval, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) also said it would help others work with MySQL and wouldn’t make copyright claims against those who do.
It’s still gonna suck.
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