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Sun Buys MySQL

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the didn't-see-that-coming dept.

Krow alerted me that MySQL has been bought by Sun. Right now there is only a brief announcement but it discusses what the acquisition will mean for the core developers, community etc.

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  1. Wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hear they paid an astronomical amount for MySQL. In fairness though, the code is stellar. The developers must be beaming with pride. If I were a shareholder, it would certainly brighten up my day.

    PS: Sorry.

  2. Yes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been waiting SOO long for OpenJySQL 19!

  3. Why did they buy it? by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't they know they could just download it and run without paying?

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  4. Re:Im a sun employee by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    No more BK at MySQL. Are you saying that Sun employees don't eat Whoppers? Does Sun have stock in McDonald's?
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  5. Re:Licenses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if Sun will streamline the licensing madness that MySQL has become... I'm sure that's part of the plan. Streamlined madness is what I've come to expect from Sun.
  6. Re:Sun? by timster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man, I KNOW -- they didn't hire me either. Totally evil.

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  7. Re:Im a sun employee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Congratulations! Sun has a popular product at last.

    They stand to make a lot of money off this acquisition.

  8. Re:I wonder by Mr.+Underbridge · · Score: 4, Funny

    One can only hope that they will be using this to replace the database that comes in Open Office.

    I figured MS was paying them to include the current one to make Access look good by comparison.

  9. Re:I wonder by Meneth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seconded, thoroughly - in addition I would like some decent gui tools for single-user data-storage requirements; it's annoying that any pc user who wants to maintain a list of (contacts/friends/must-see-movies/must-read-books/etc) puts everything into a spreadsheet. I like Notepad with a fixed font.
  10. Re:Sun? by glwtta · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man, I KNOW -- they didn't hire me either. Totally evil.

    And I even baked them a cake shaped like the internet!

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  11. Re:Rewrite in Java by Grey_14 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure, like /dev/null is the fastest place to write backups to.

  12. Great news by Lisandro · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait for them to rewrite it in Java!

  13. Re:I wonder by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like Notepad with a fixed font.

    Notepad is a great storage system. In fact, I have at least ten "New Text Document.txt", "New Text Document (2).txt" files on my desktop right now. One of them has my address book in it.... let's see... is it (6)? Nope, that's my checking account register. Hmm.... could've sworn that was my address book.... shit, I'm overdrawn by $50!

    (Laugh, it's not that far from the truth.... got a similar situation with text files in my ~ on my Linux box.... who needs meaningful filenames and directories when you have grep?)

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  14. But you can email a copy to coworkers by wsanders · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it gets messy at 100K likes, you can just email a copy to all your coworkers to collaborate in debugging.

    Sheesh, doesn't EVERYONE do it this way?

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