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On the dual-license model

On the dual-license model

Posted Feb 16, 2006 10:30 UTC (Thu) by duck (guest, #4444)
Parent article: On the dual-license model

It seems that Oracle even tried to buy MySQL. This, of course, is always
an option if you want to get rid of a competitor. In a way this is how
Microsoft "innovates" and keeps competition low - just buy the young and
innovative companies before they start to hurt you.

http://news.com.com/Oracle tried to buy open-source
MySQL/2100-7344_3-6040197.html?tag=nefd.lede

Cheers

Peter


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On the dual-license model

Posted Feb 17, 2006 1:39 UTC (Fri) by roelofs (guest, #2599) [Link]

Or Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL, even. ;-)

Greg

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