Comments on: Sun acquiring MySQL for $1bn http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/16/sun-acquiring-mysql-for-1bn/ A blog for the enterprise open source community Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:06:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: 451 CAOS Theory » Why MySQL sold out http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/16/sun-acquiring-mysql-for-1bn/#comment-224173 451 CAOS Theory » Why MySQL sold out Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:00:28 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/16/sun-acquiring-mysql-for-1bn/#comment-224173 [...] CEO, Marten Mickos, explaining his reasons for abandoning the company’s IPO in favor of being acquired by Sun. What made him and the open source database company’s top brass change their minds [...] [...] CEO, Marten Mickos, explaining his reasons for abandoning the company’s IPO in favor of being acquired by Sun. What made him and the open source database company’s top brass change their minds [...]

]]> By: tecosystems » Give Me a M: The MySQL/Sun Q&A http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/16/sun-acquiring-mysql-for-1bn/#comment-169243 tecosystems » Give Me a M: The MySQL/Sun Q&A Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:38:02 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/16/sun-acquiring-mysql-for-1bn/#comment-169243 [...] Q: What have the reactions to the news been so far? A: Generally positive, from my vantage point. As noted some have questioned the valuation, and others are reasonably skeptical, and both Glyn Moody and Matthew Aslett over at the 451 Group were decidedly mixed on the news. But reactions within the two firms have been almost uniformly positive, and outsiders like Andi Gutmans (Zend), Mark Radcliffe (DLA Piper), and Matt Mullenweg (WordPress) are all reasonably enthusiastic. [...] [...] Q: What have the reactions to the news been so far? A: Generally positive, from my vantage point. As noted some have questioned the valuation, and others are reasonably skeptical, and both Glyn Moody and Matthew Aslett over at the 451 Group were decidedly mixed on the news. But reactions within the two firms have been almost uniformly positive, and outsiders like Andi Gutmans (Zend), Mark Radcliffe (DLA Piper), and Matt Mullenweg (WordPress) are all reasonably enthusiastic. [...]

]]> By: Matthew Aslett http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/16/sun-acquiring-mysql-for-1bn/#comment-168944 Matthew Aslett Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:27:45 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/16/sun-acquiring-mysql-for-1bn/#comment-168944 Thanks for the info Simon. It sounded from the conference call as if Sun will do everything it can to position MySQL at the mission-critical apps tier, which PostgreSQL has previously claimed as its own. It will be interesting to see how supporting both works in practice. Thanks for the info Simon. It sounded from the conference call as if Sun will do everything it can to position MySQL at the mission-critical apps tier, which PostgreSQL has previously claimed as its own. It will be interesting to see how supporting both works in practice.

]]> By: Simon Phipps http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/16/sun-acquiring-mysql-for-1bn/#comment-168942 Simon Phipps Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:18:31 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/16/sun-acquiring-mysql-for-1bn/#comment-168942 The PostgreSQL support business is still firmly in place, and <a href="http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/database/soup/archives/sun-acquires-mysql-21822" rel="nofollow">Josh Berkus is positive about Sun acquiring MySQL</a> - he says <blockquote>Sun is not dropping PostgreSQL support. It's Sun's goal to be the #1 data center vendor, not the #1 MySQL vendor or #1 Oracle vendor. So Sun will continue to support PostgreSQL and other DBMSes alongside MySQL. In the world of databases, there is no "one size fits all".</blockquote> The PostgreSQL support business is still firmly in place, and Josh Berkus is positive about Sun acquiring MySQL - he says
Sun is not dropping PostgreSQL support. It’s Sun’s goal to be the #1 data center vendor, not the #1 MySQL vendor or #1 Oracle vendor. So Sun will continue to support PostgreSQL and other DBMSes alongside MySQL. In the world of databases, there is no “one size fits all”.

]]> By: SUN acquista MySQL! | PettiNix http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/16/sun-acquiring-mysql-for-1bn/#comment-168894 SUN acquista MySQL! | PettiNix Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:24:38 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/16/sun-acquiring-mysql-for-1bn/#comment-168894 [...] Le risposte da parte del team di MySQL sembrano positive, anche se qualcuno preoccupato c’è sempre, ora bisognerà aspettare qualche giorno per conoscere i piani di SUN ed il reale futuro di MySQL, non mancherò di aggiornarvi. Segnala presso: Etichette: Annunci, Database, DBMS, FOSS, glassfish, MySQL, netbeans, open source, SUN [...] [...] Le risposte da parte del team di MySQL sembrano positive, anche se qualcuno preoccupato c’è sempre, ora bisognerà aspettare qualche giorno per conoscere i piani di SUN ed il reale futuro di MySQL, non mancherò di aggiornarvi. Segnala presso: Etichette: Annunci, Database, DBMS, FOSS, glassfish, MySQL, netbeans, open source, SUN [...]

]]> By: Nico http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/16/sun-acquiring-mysql-for-1bn/#comment-168887 Nico Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:02:27 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/01/16/sun-acquiring-mysql-for-1bn/#comment-168887 Acquiring ??? Acquiring ???

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