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Some thoughts on MySQL and Oracle

Some thoughts on MySQL and Oracle

Posted Dec 15, 2009 20:21 UTC (Tue) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454)
In reply to: Some thoughts on MySQL and Oracle by iabervon
Parent article: Some thoughts on MySQL and Oracle

XFree86 was never sold as a distinct product. Entities that used it got it as part of a larger whole, which is why the transition was graceful. Only technical people had to know about it.

MySQL's case is a lot more complex


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