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Sun MySQL drops support for SCO OpenServer
Matthew Aslett, December 2, 2008 @ 10:39 am ETI just noticed that Sun/MySQL has dropped SCO OpenServer from its list of supported operating systems for MySQL 5.1 and higher (along with Mac OS X 10.3 and QNX).
It is not a massive surprise to see MySQL doing this given SCO’s current position but MySQL teamed up with SCO in the midst of its controversial legal claims against IBM et al, so I thought the end of the deal warranted a quick mention.
At the time Marten Mickos defended the deal by claiming that he hoped working with MySQL would educate SCO’s executives:
“In a partnership you exchange thoughts,” he said. “If you exchange thoughts hopefully the other side will listen to you. We understand people get upset, but it doesn’t help to just close them out and despise them, it doesn’t help at all. We don’t want to be the judge. We want to be the doctor. If we can provide the cure, great.”
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This is very old news. It was announced in February 2008
I guess I missed that memo.
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