Oracle-Sun Plans Missing MySQL
Oracle's takeover of Sun Microsystems hasn't been fully sanctioned by anti-trust entities and Oracle already has a message for customers: we'll continue to care intensively about SPARC and Solaris. Something's missing here: MySQL.
On a website declaration to Sun customers, the database giant promises them strengthened investment in SPARC and the Solaris platform, in fact doubling the sales and service force for these two products. By integrating Sun software with its own, Oracle also plans to improve Sun's hardware performance. Meanwhile any search for mention of the MySQL database is fruitless. This omission seems to be on the minds of the European anti-trust commission when considering Larry Ellison's purchase of Sun in April 2009 for $7.4 million.
The European Commission in Brussels issued a press release September 3 voicing "serious doubts" about the competitiveness of the resulting database market. Competition commissioner Neelie Kroes clarifies: "The Commission has to examine very carefully the effects on competition in Europe when the world's leading proprietary database company proposes to take over the world's leading open source database company." The U.S. Justice Department has already given the takeover a green light, with the European commission the last obstacle in its path. The commission should make its decision before January 19, 2010.
The missing reference to MySQL among Oracle's promises to Sun customers certainly raised a red flag to the EU commission. Oracle makes it quite clear in its declaration where its competitive focus will be with a quote from Larry Ellison: "We're in it to win. IBM, we're looking forward to competing with you in the hardware business." IBM meanwhile has its own plans for luring Sun/Oracle customers with its DB2 bundles.
Comments
comments powered by DisqusIssue 245/2021
Buy this issue as a PDF
News
-
Mageia 8 is Now Available with Linux 5.10 LTS
The latest release of Mageia includes improved graphics support for both AMD and NVIDIA GPUs.
-
GNOME 40 Beta has been Released
Anyone looking to test the beta for the upcoming GNOME 40 release can now do so.
-
OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 has Arrived
The latest stable version of OpenMandriva has been released and offers the newest KDE desktop and ARM support.
-
Thunderbird 78 is being ported to Ubuntu 20.04
The Ubuntu developers have made the decision to port the latest release of Thunderbird to the LTS version of the platform.
-
Elementary OS is Bringing Multi-Touch Gestures to the OS
User-friendly Linux distribution, elementary OS, is working to make using the fan-favorite platform even better for laptops.
-
Decade-Old Sudo Flaw Discovered
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux sudo command that’s been hiding in plain sight.
-
Another New Linux Laptop has Arrived
Slimbook has released a monster of a Linux gaming laptop.
-
Mozilla VPN Now Available for Linux
The promised subscription-based VPN service from Mozilla is now available for the Linux platform.
-
Wayland and New App Menu Coming to KDE
The 2021 roadmap for the KDE desktop environment includes some exciting features and improvements.
-
Deepin 20.1 has Arrived
Debian-based Deepin 20.1 has been released with some interesting new features.
Billion, not million
You cannot expect them to mention all products
I think this is simply a matter of a brief press release than a all encompassing product list.