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Sun Microsystems buys MySQL for $1 billion! Sun Microsystems buys MySQL for $1 billion!
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Old 01-16-2008, 10:04 AM   #1
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Sun Microsystems buys MySQL for $1 billion!
http://www.rttnews.com/sp/todaystop.asp?item=37

"Under the terms of the deal, Sun will pay about $800 million in cash in exchange for all MySQL stock and assume approximately $200 million in options."

That's huge!
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Old 01-16-2008, 10:09 AM   #2
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I wish I had $800 million in cash. I would probably do bad with it though.
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Old 01-16-2008, 10:10 AM   #3
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Not sure I like the sound of that....

I have to admit I thought MySQL was GPL.
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Old 01-16-2008, 10:34 AM   #4
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Not sure I like the sound of that....
Yea me either.
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Old 01-16-2008, 10:49 AM   #5
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Not sure I like the sound of that....

I have to admit I thought MySQL was GPL.
Yeah I hope it stays free
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Old 01-16-2008, 10:51 AM   #6
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Old 01-16-2008, 10:58 AM   #7
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from the people that brought you VISTA ...

THE NEW !

THE IMPROVED !

microMYSQL....

all previous versions have been erased from memory and will no longer be distributed supported or even talked about this offer is subject to change via paid or unpaid license keys via support options starting at 500 per incident any source code has been modified changed ie your fucked have a nice day if purchasing one or more license keys regular mandatory updates via the internet will this
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Old 01-16-2008, 11:27 AM   #8
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Yeah I hope it stays free
And they will make back their $1 Billion investment how?

Seriously though, they obviously have some integration plan with other Sun products or will offer a support package to corporations with large installations - something that would cut into the "enterprise" DB market. I don't follow that market (I have a life) but I'd imagine they could do serious damage.
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Old 01-16-2008, 11:36 AM   #9
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And they will make back their $1 Billion investment how?

Seriously though, they obviously have some integration plan with other Sun products or will offer a support package to corporations with large installations - something that would cut into the "enterprise" DB market. I don't follow that market (I have a life) but I'd imagine they could do serious damage.
Yeah, it seems to be more about making themselves stronger than recouping profits directly out of MySQL itself.
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Old 01-16-2008, 11:41 AM   #10
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from the people that brought you VISTA ...

THE NEW !

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microMYSQL....

all previous versions have been erased from memory and will no longer be distributed supported or even talked about this offer is subject to change via paid or unpaid license keys via support options starting at 500 per incident any source code has been modified changed ie your fucked have a nice day if purchasing one or more license keys regular mandatory updates via the internet will this

Its Sun Micro System, not Micro$oft!
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Old 01-16-2008, 11:48 AM   #11
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I got a chuckle when I read that. It's funny on how so many people mistaken the two.

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Old 01-16-2008, 11:49 AM   #12
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And they will make back their $1 Billion investment how?

Seriously though, they obviously have some integration plan with other Sun products or will offer a support package to corporations with large installations - something that would cut into the "enterprise" DB market. I don't follow that market (I have a life) but I'd imagine they could do serious damage.
maybe the same way these guys first got up there.
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Old 01-16-2008, 12:04 PM   #13
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Sun rocks

MySQL already performs best on Solaris anyways...this will probably lead to even more enhancements and performance for future issues.
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Old 01-16-2008, 12:05 PM   #14
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Will it stay free ??
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MySQL Enterprise has never been free...

https://shop.mysql.com/
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Old 01-16-2008, 12:17 PM   #16
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oh whoops myabe i should read the fucking post
thats actually good news for me
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Old 01-16-2008, 03:06 PM   #17
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Its actually smart and yes it will stay free.

The idea is that people use the free software, they learn it, they understand it and when they go to a company that needs enterprise software they want to use what they know. You think I'm full of it simply look at the history of UNIX
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Old 01-16-2008, 06:06 PM   #18
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They are buying the company that provides enterprise support for MySQL. I'm sure it will still be open. Sun has a good history with open stuff. They are probably just trying to gain more market share in the enterprise marketplace. Makes sense. Wish there was better MySQL support when I was using Java. Don't really use it anymore.
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Old 01-16-2008, 06:08 PM   #19
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They are buying the company that provides enterprise support for MySQL. I'm sure it will still be open. Sun has a good history with open stuff. They are probably just trying to gain more market share in the enterprise marketplace. Makes sense. Wish there was better MySQL support when I was using Java. Don't really use it anymore.
Thats about what I was thinking - That its the support packages that Sun will make money from.....

The problem I think is where it will leave development?
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