Sun Acquires MySQL
January 16th, 2008
Yes, it’s true. Sun has acquired MySQL (read it here). I hope that this means that MySQL will have an even better future, but I must admit that it makes me a bit nervous. Almost all of my database development is done with MySQL, so I hope that it remains as reliable as it currently is.
On a side note, I hope that the GUI tools become even more powerful!
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4 comments on “Sun Acquires MySQL”
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The last time Sun acquired a product that I used, it was Chili!Soft ASP. They bought it, and then they killed it. The product did not support newer versions of Linux or Apache, and so now I can’t upgrade anything as long as I run Chili!Soft ASP. Since I spent years developing software with it, I have no choice but to maintain an obsolete version of Linux on my production server. I am wary of installing anything new on my hosted server because as soon as something is incompatible with the old version of ASP I have on Linux, that will be the end of all my software.
I regret what Sun did after the bought out the platform which I have written so much software for. Their actions have cost me dearly by stifling my ability to grow my perfectly good software that I spent so much time and effort building.
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I must admit - Sun hasn’t been my favorite company in the past (for many different reasons). Hopefully they realize how key MySQL is to the development community, and will seek their input when planning future changes.
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I say its a logic movement for them as all the client side development is taken by technologies like Flex, AIR, even Silverlight they need to play more hardly on the server side / database. I think they will remain one of the top players out there as they are rock solid. I’m just looking at our LiveCycle Data Services installation from Adobe that is build with Java -> rock solid from when we start using it a long time ago.
Adrian.
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I agree that there are some things that Sun does well. I do feel that at times they have not paid as much attention to their user’s viewpoints. Hopefully they will prove me wrong with MySQL (because I really don’t want to move to PostgreSQL or MSSQL).
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