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Oracle May 'Fork Itself' With MySQL Moves

Posted by Soulskill on from the slowly-and-surly dept.

New submitter packetrat writes "Ars Technica analyzes the recent commercial additions by Oracle to MySQL Enterprise and the additional unrest it's added to the community. Oracle may be throwing itself out of the community as it pushes more customers to look at fully open-source alternatives."

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  1. Nonsense. by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's OurSQL now, freetards.

  2. Re:Pushing to look at alternatives, really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Job security: corrupted MyISAM/InnoDB, senseless tuning, corrupted replication all ensure lasting employment.

  3. Re:Pushing to look at alternatives, really? by dintech · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, Oracle. Another example of where you're not listening to the community. We told you to go "fuck" yourself.

  4. Re:Pushing to look at alternatives, really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Well, he did use it... once.