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Sun May Begin Close Sourcing MySQL Features

Posted by samzenpus on from the closing-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes "From the MySQL User's Conference, Sun has announced, and former CEO Marten Mickos has confirmed, that Sun will be close sourcing sections of the MySQL code base. Sun will begin with close sourcing the backup solutions to MySQL, and will continue with more advanced features. With Oracle owning Innodb, and it being GPL, does this mean that MySQL will be removing it to introduce these features? Sun has had a very poor history of actually open sourcing anything."

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  1. Sun has had a very poor history by SlappyBastard · · Score: 0, Troll

    OK, stop right there. That's really all that has to be said. Sun sucks. Sun will make MySQL suck. It's not that hard to understand. Just as Java never really reached as far and wide as its potential, Sun will squeeze the fricking life out of MySQL.

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  2. Re:This is great news.... by Corrado · · Score: 0, Troll

    However, before we go nuts with Postgres love, I think it's safe to say Sun won't be close sourcing MySQL to a damaging degree; that'd be like killing the goose that lays the golden egg. That's assuming that Sun can do anything right and you know what happens when you ass-u-me, right?! Let's face it, Sun screws up everything it purchases, they couldn't open source something even if their life depended on it (and it does) and about the only thing they have going for them is Java, and thats still not a very bright light in the dark.

    I really, really want to like Sun and their cool stuff (neato servers) but they just don't act like responsible citizens. The get a new toy, play with it a while and then break it into little pieces.

    My advice for Sun: Just let the engineers back into the company (Go Go Gosling!) or stare into the obscure face of your fallen ancestors - DEC, SGi, NExT, etc...
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  3. Re:This is great news.... by johannesg · · Score: 0, Troll

    (Side note: that's one of the better "Dummies" books ever printed). I'm just trying to imagine the issues that you must have if you are buying shelves full of those "...for dummies" books... ;-)