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HP Announces Support For MySQL, JBoss

Posted by simoniker on from the i'm-not-the-boss-of-you dept.

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.'"

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  1. IBM... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    a label many enterprises and HP rivals, such as IBM and Dell, are working toward.'"
    IBM is already open source friendly. Dell isn't open source friendly and doesn't seem to be trying either.

    1. Re:IBM... by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Part of HP's plan had better include eliminating the planned obsolescence of their products. You used to have to pay $20 for a new printer for a CD to make it work with other windows versions. The open source community generally doesn't like the idea of having to buy a new printer every time there's a new kernel update (weekly?). HP's screwed us before with their DVD writers and other products...so IMO they've got to do a lot more than support open source to get my business. It would help if they built quality products that weren't designed to be replaced every 6-12 months.

  2. PostgreSQL? by danharan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Great news, but...

    Anyone know why MySQL as opposed to a more standards-compliant db like PG?

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    1. Re:PostgreSQL? by rtaylor · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It's difficult to partner with PG as there is not a controlling company. Both MySQL and JBoss have firms which will train HP freely and perhaps even take on part of the load in return for commercial contracts.

      With PG they're basically stuck trying to learn it themselves. RedHat would train HP, but RedHat doesn't want to be known for offerring PostgreSQL support since Oracle didn't like RedHat Database competition very much.

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    2. Re:PostgreSQL? by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 5, Funny

      MySQL is practically a household name compared to Postgres.

      Yeah just the other day my grandmother asked me to pass the MySQL at the dinner table. And I heard a knock at the door, and when I answered it there were three Jehova witnesses trying to convince me to upgrade to 4.x

    3. Re:PostgreSQL? by jamiebecker · · Score: 5, Informative

      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

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  3. JBoss is Great! by captainclever · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, the story mentioned JBoss.
    I know from experience that JBoss is the absolute BEST bit of software out there, it's so great. I can't recommend it enough. It's soooo much better than the competition..

    Ahem.. :)

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  4. Apple also supports it by damieng · · Score: 5, Informative

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

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  5. HP support by KoriaDesevis · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The article states that HP is giving testing and hardware support to these packages, and I assume that means they'll come up with a nifty little logo to show that it's "HP-Ready"... While that's all well and good, will they offer third-party technical support to users when these packages crash on HP servers? If not, who gets left holding the bag? If it were not open source, it would be cut and dry, but with the packages being open source and freely available, the issue of technical support gets blurred. The article didn't go into this fine point.

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  6. What this REALLY means... by MosesJones · · Score: 5, Insightful


    IBM have WebSphere and DB2

    Oracle have 10gAS and Oracle 10g

    SAP have Netweaver and SapDB

    Microsoft have .NET and SQLServer.

    HP abandoned their old App Server and have worked out how to get good mindshare for low investment on a new one.

    Pretty smart move by HP as it puts them back in the "solutions" market and tied in with their SI business means they have a real opportunity in the custom build market.

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    1. Re:What this REALLY means... by turgid · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Pretty smart move by HP as it puts them back in the "solutions" market and tied in with their SI business means they have a real opportunity in the custom build market.

      Er no, HP have now painted themselves into a corner at the bottom of the low end. All the other big companies must be laughing all the way to the bank. Nice one again HP.

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  7. Re:Dual Licensing by lokedhs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why not just use Postgres and be done with it? Better and it's really free. :-)

  8. Is it really about open source assistance? by aixguru1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Come on folks, look at the bigger picture. Look at the two projects they are going to support, MySQL, and JBoss.

    Now look at their competitors products (IBM) Websphere and DB2 products. The reasons have to be more than just jumping on the bandwagon with open source. IBM has two products that are similar to the exact two projects HP chose to help.

    All is fair in business, but HP isn't going to throw money at projects just to claim they are on the open source bandwagon. I believe the direct intent is to improve MySQL and JBoss to go head to head with IBM on this one.

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  9. Questions about HP Open Source LRA? by jamiebecker · · Score: 5, Informative

    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

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