Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 16th Jan 2008 14:34 UTC, submitted by BluenoseJake
MySQL AB and Sun have announced that MySQL has been bought by Sun. "Sun Microsystems today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of the world's fastest growing open source databases for approximately USD 1 billion in total consideration. The acquisition accelerates Sun's position in enterprise IT to now include the USD 15 billion database market. Today's announcement reaffirms Sun's position as the leading provider of platforms for the Web economy and its role as the largest commercial open source contributor." More here.
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RE[3]: Trying for SAMP
by sbergman27 on Wed 16th Jan 2008 23:38
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Like the last time the took up GNOME made JDS and then ...
What? You got something against Gnome 2.6? Of course... they discontinued the Linux version.
Do we have four year old releases of MySQL^WJava Database Server and flagging Linux support in our future? I'm glad I put my bets on PostgreSQL.
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Yeah I hope that really doesn't happen. Like the last time the took up GNOME made JDS and then ...