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Oracle Acquires Sleepycat

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the everyone-getting-a-piece-of-open-source dept.

Deven writes "Computerworld is reporting that Oracle has just acquired Sleepycat Software (makers of the open-source Berkeley DB embedded database) for an undisclosed sum. Having previously acquired Innobase, Oracle is certainly taking a look at diversity."

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  1. is that the way... by netdur · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oracle wanna "fight" oss competitors?

    wonder if Oracle understand what open source is... and what fork means

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  2. Obviously... by Chilluhm · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...another sign that the apocalypse is upon us.

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  3. Re:PotgreSQL... by consumer · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    What's keeping MySQL afloat? Hmmm... Incredible speed? Easy setup and administration? Handy SQL extensions? Enterprise features for those who want them and not for those who don't? These things matter, and PostgreSQL, for all that it is an impressive database, does not have them.

  4. i wish oracle kills mysql by diablobsb · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    and we can all go to a real database such as postgres, which is safe from oracle et al.

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  5. Re:PotgreSQL... by 10Ghz · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    - Because MySQL fanboys consistently tout their favourite DBMS praising it for it's supposedly enterprise goodness.


    And PostgreSQL-fanboys do the exact same thing with their "why use MySQL, when you could use PostgreSQL-instead"-whining. Pot, meet kettle, kettle, this is pot. I find it REALLY funny that you consider this to be a point against MySQL, considering how PostrrgeSQL-users ALWAYS start to tout their favourite database the moment someone mentions MySQL!

    And like it or not, there ARE lots of enterprises that run MySQL.

    - Because MySQL web hosting is everywhere despite it's bugs, it's lack of features, it's violation of elementary SQL statement standards thus frustrating and bogging me down fiddling with the schema while I could do better things. Think MSIE HTML bastardization.


    Then go ahead and "do better things". Or do you think that you should have some ultimate authority to dictate others what software they can and can't run? Some people choose to use MySQl, and they propably have their reasons for doing so. And they have every right to use MySQL, no matter how much you and other PostgreSQL-fanatics whine about it.

    Rest of your "points" are nothing but "I don't like MySQL, but I occasionally have to work on it". Well boo-fucking-hoo. I don't like Windows but I have to work on it as well.

    and by the way, I'm a Mac user


    Maybe that explains it. maybe that rabid fanboyism and general jihad against everything not related to their favourite piece of software is spreading to PostgreSQL?
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