Re: OraSUN MicroDatabases
Andrew Sinclair <[email protected]>
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2009/4/21 Dean Hamstead <[email protected]>: > Andrew Sinclair wrote: >> >> Oracle (-1.3%) will buy Sun Microsystems (+36.8%) for US7.4B, $9.50 per >> share. SUn rejected IBM (-0.8%) offer of 7B earlier. >> > I think you may have forgotten that IBM makes servers and also has a > database (for better or worse) in the form of DB2. > I have not forgotten; though, I have never used their stash. Can't say that I can know an Oracle database when I see one either. > My feelings are that MySQL [respectfully capitalised] would be on the chopping block either way. > > However there are still suitable alternatives in PostgreSQL [ditto] and firebird. > I'll be honest with you; that makes me very happy. Can't say the same will be true for those who were able to invest in MySQL, my employer included. No matter; the original developers of our system have professionally passed on. I was due to pitch Ingress anyway. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html