On Wednesday 16 January 2008 21:59:54 M. Adam Davis wrote:
> MySQL + Big iron provider may be a match for Oracle, especially if the
> price is much better.
>
> Many new companies start out using MySQL then have to migrate to a
> supported DB at the level Oracle provides.  This market could belong
> to sun/MySQL simply due to the lack of migration woes.  They'll have
> the free/low end, mid range (if they keep the current MySQL support
> levels) and high end big iron DB offerings if they finagle it just
> right.
>
> I thought it was interesting too, when I read it.

Ars has another take on it. They suggest that Sun is doing it to complete 
their server stack. Solaris + Java + Apache + MySQL = profit!

Regardless, I feel that it's good news all round.

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