HP Announces Support For MySQL, JBoss

Chroniton writes "According to InternetNews.com: 'HP stepped up its commitment to open source software Monday by pledging to offer and support the MySQL database server and JBoss application server software in its servers' - it's also mentioned: 'The deal is truly symbiotic. While MySQL and JBoss get backing from a technology driver such as HP, HP gets the added credibility of being cozy with open source, a label many enterprises and HP rivals, such as IBM and Dell, are working toward.'"

Comments

Apple also supports it

[damieng]

If anybody's interested - both JBoss and MySQL ship as part of OS X Server (as well as a few other open-source products).

Re:PostgreSQL?

[jamiebecker]

I'd like to respond to this without starting a PG vs MySQL flamewar.

I'm well aware of many advantages that PostgreSQL offers over MySQL (e.g., nearly full SQL92 support, stored procedures in many languages, "object-oriented" storage, views, triggers, etc) and also the performance advantage that MySQL enjoys over PostgreSQL for some operations.

We've chosen MySQL over Postgresql because that is what our enterprise customers have requested. If we have sufficient interest in Postgresql, it will definitely move up on the roadmap.

Jamie Becker
Project Manager
HP Open Source Reference Architecture
HP Services
jamieson dot becker at hp dot com

Questions about HP Open Source LRA?

[jamiebecker]

I'd be happy to respond to questions about this supported and certified architecture that may not be answered in this article.

Jamie Becker
Project Manager
HP Open Source Linux Reference Architecture
HP Services
jamieson dot becker at hp dot com