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Sun Eyes PostgreSQL

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everyone-likes-a-good-db dept.

Da Massive writes "Sun is looking seriously into the database market - namely PostgreSQL. It says Oracle and IBM and even Microsoft licensing fees are way too expensive for the average punter. This from John Loiacono, executive vice president of software: "We're not going to OEM Microsoft but we are looking at PostgreSQL right now," he said, adding that over time the database will become integrated into the operating system."

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  1. Sun? PostgreSQL? by rollonet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Put simply, there is no way this is going to happen. I couldn't understand why SUN would want to aquire PostgreSQL... What would they gain from it? I do find it interesting that Telstra is a Sun software customer with 36,000 subscriptions as quoted by the article (Telstra is the big meanie in the telecomunations industry of Australia - the company equivelent of the big bully at school stealing your lunch money)