MySQL = credibility? [LWN.net]

MySQL = credibility?

Posted Apr 3, 2008 22:20 UTC (Thu) by ncm (subscriber, #165)
In reply to: MySQL = credibility? by dmarti
Parent article: Sun Microsystems' Next Linux Move (Seeking Alpha)

You seem to be saying that this gives MySQL credibility, more than it does Sun, and at
Oracle's expense, leaving more money for the customer to spend at Sun.  I'll buy that, but not
for $1B.  

It might be a defensive move, if there was a threat somebody else (IBM? HP?) might buy it
instead.

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add it up

Posted Apr 4, 2008 1:09 UTC (Fri) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link]

Yeah, it's a few hundred million of MySQL's value as a going concern, a few hundred million of anticipated value in being able to sell it to Sun customers, a few hundred million of commoditizing the complement, and a few hundred million of Valley "ha ha u r l@merz!!!"

On the other side, we get Oracle supporting btrfs, so yay Freedom.