Killing MySQL is not what we should be concerned about. Oracle taking control of MySQL's direction is a far greater danger. It will be harder to build a new community around a fork if MySQL still exists. If Oracle kills MySQL, a new fork will appear overnight and people will flock to it. If they keep MySQL around and do everything in their power to control it, Oracle can virtually ensure that MySQL never becomes a real threat to its proprietary database.
My guess is that Oracle will keep MySQL but they will position it as a lightweight database server for small to mid-size databases. They'll push people toward their proprietary database for a "REAL" enterprise database.
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Killing MySQL is not what we should be concerned about. Oracle taking control of MySQL's direction is a far greater danger. It will be harder to build a new community around a fork if MySQL still exists. If Oracle kills MySQL, a new fork will appear overnight and people will flock to it. If they keep MySQL around and do everything in their power to control it, Oracle can virtually ensure that MySQL never becomes a real threat to its proprietary database. My guess is that Oracle will keep MySQL but they will position it as a lightweight database server for small to mid-size databases. They'll push people toward their proprietary database for a "REAL" enterprise database.