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Sun Hints At Open-Source Database Offering

Posted by timothy on from the trial-balloon-up-flagpole dept.

An anonymous reader points out a ZDNet story which begins "Sun Microsystems has raised the possibility that it might offer customers its own database, a move that could trigger displeasure at Oracle but curry favor with open-source advocates," writing "Last week, during a meeting with financial analysts, Chief Executive Scott McNealy showed a slide that placed the words 'Sun DB' next to a list of existing database products. McNealy offered no details besides 'stay tuned.'"

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  1. _Curry_ flavored open source databases? by Unique2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    What with they think of next?

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  2. Re:This karma whoring disgusts me by Biolo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I used to work at Sun, and yes most of the tech guys there do get really annoyed at some of the BS that comes out from the top guys. That was certainly the #2 reason I left the company, I'd lost respect for them. Reason #1 was money. The whole Microsoft sellout was the straw that did it for me.

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  3. Re:Ahem by Leo+McGarry · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's misspelled, but it means "provoking laughter." The word is "risible."

    It's a good word. Vocabularies are nice. Everybody should have one.