It's bad enough that Oracle took over PeopleSoft last year, now InnoDB.
Oracle is NOT for Linux. It takes too much space. It is difficult to install, even if they are RPM binaries. Oracle is also difficult to teach companies and students. A few year ago, I took an SQL class at my school were we were taught how to use Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. Even the instructor had trouble using Oracle ant MSSQL. I was one of the few people in that class to get a B in the class and that was when I started to use MySQL on my computer instead of Oracle or MSSQL. MySQL is easy to learn, primarily because they don't tack on extra nonsense like the big guys. MySQL follows the SQL standard even if it was the latebloomer among SQL software, it is still #1 in my book.
Oracle is trying to monopolize databases, just as Microsoft attempted to do with software, just like IBM attempted to do with computers, and just like AT&T tried to do with telecommunications.
I believe an investigation as to why Oracle is so eager to monopolize databases. All it takes is one DROP TABLES command and Oracle can manipulate whatever information they want through a backdoor, which from the size of Oracle, they've got plenty of backdoors they can sell to the highest bidder, even to a company's competition or prying eyes.
Oracle needs to be split up before it breaks up information in a Microsoft manner.
Support MySQL! Boycott Oracle!
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It's bad enough that Oracle took over PeopleSoft last year, now InnoDB. Oracle is NOT for Linux. It takes too much space. It is difficult to install, even if they are RPM binaries. Oracle is also difficult to teach companies and students. A few year ago, I took an SQL class at my school were we were taught how to use Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. Even the instructor had trouble using Oracle ant MSSQL. I was one of the few people in that class to get a B in the class and that was when I started to use MySQL on my computer instead of Oracle or MSSQL. MySQL is easy to learn, primarily because they don't tack on extra nonsense like the big guys. MySQL follows the SQL standard even if it was the latebloomer among SQL software, it is still #1 in my book. Oracle is trying to monopolize databases, just as Microsoft attempted to do with software, just like IBM attempted to do with computers, and just like AT&T tried to do with telecommunications. I believe an investigation as to why Oracle is so eager to monopolize databases. All it takes is one DROP TABLES command and Oracle can manipulate whatever information they want through a backdoor, which from the size of Oracle, they've got plenty of backdoors they can sell to the highest bidder, even to a company's competition or prying eyes. Oracle needs to be split up before it breaks up information in a Microsoft manner. Support MySQL! Boycott Oracle!
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