12 Comments on Oracle Buys SUN

Ernesto on Mon, 20th Apr 2009 15:41


It seems that Oracle wants to harness the potential of Java and Solaris for inclusion in future developments. No doubt can be good for these technologies, the Oracle purchase you made.

What does not convince me is that Oracle has not stood out so far for his work on opensource works. What about OpenOffice? Would you be interested to Oracle, a company that bases its business on an application server to the desktop focused 100%? Java, continue their way to the opening or close again slowly? And of course, perhaps more concern to all developers What will happen to MySQL?

Many unknowns that will gradually clearing.

Macbeth on Mon, 20th Apr 2009 19:53


I'm afraid, is bad news: say goodbye to MySQL as it is known. The IBM had been the lesser evil. Sun owners only have 1 billion more, and all construction years 1983-2009 sinks in the stomach of Oracle. This is terrible news.

Macbeth on Mon, 20th Apr 2009 19:57


The billion cost them the returns MySQL now Oracle, IBM wanted to buy it for 6,500 million. That was the commitment to open source Sun: reembolzarse billion. The worst of news.

xender on Mon, 20th Apr 2009 23:14


For me this purchase does not pose as many questions as you paint. I know Oracle now maintains two free product, distribution Umbreakable Linux and Berkeley DB database, so do not think you have problems with Sun-free products.

On the other hand I see no reason for Mysql and Oracle DB can not live together, are very different products. In fact I would say that a segment Mysql fills Oracle did not have.

As for operating system, Linux Umbreakable I fear her days are numbered. In its day I had the opportunity to talk with a programmer Oracle and told me that just was not having success. So surely becomes Solaris operating system priority for them, hopefully they know to handle it.

Macbeth on Tue, 21st Apr 2009 2:02


Had bought the Google-which has the world-and now Oracle supermarket would not be going by Red Hat. The amazing thing is that Microsoft agrees with Red Hat, but Oracle is betting just moved. By year's end we will know better the intentions of buying Sun.

Macbeth on Tue, 21st Apr 2009 2:19


Scott McNealy talks about natural evolution and Darwinism. With all the Angles and Saxons Scott McNealy go to hell.

iago on Wed, 22nd Apr 2009 12:53


I agree with Xender about MySQL, just if anyone had plans (and to my knowledge did not) to convert MySQL competed in Oracle/DB2 to forget, how smart would be to improve MySQL to focus it to cover the areas where Oracle does not is a good solution. What I am almost certain is that these contributions will be closed-source MySQL.

Then with OpenOffice do not know, I do not know to what extent contributed to OpenOffice or Sun's tucked just because I insist, Sun marketed StarOffice, OpenOffice does not (to my knowledge).

iago on Wed, 22nd Apr 2009 12:53


I agree with Xender about MySQL, just if anyone had plans (and to my knowledge did not) to convert MySQL competed in Oracle/DB2 to forget, how smart would be to improve MySQL to focus it to cover the areas where Oracle does not is a good solution. What I am almost certain is that these contributions will be closed-source MySQL.

Then with OpenOffice do not know, I do not know to what extent contributed to OpenOffice or Sun's tucked just because I insist, Sun marketed StarOffice, OpenOffice does not (to my knowledge).

iago on Wed, 22nd Apr 2009 12:55


Uhm, sorry for the duplicate, sometimes takes too long to load and re-clicking is almost a reflex.

Macbeth on Wed, 22nd Apr 2009 14:34


A fork ...? A fork of MySQL saves her from the grave if Oracle abandons the work, a fork for VirtualBox, Java and Oracle is point But who makes a fork of the Sun exerted sponsorship of Free Software Foundation when Oracle discontinue? What Stallman asked for a bailout by only 2-3 million to Obama? Yes, of course. Too bad Barack Obama only 5-10 billion aid to the most prominent owners of half the world parasites and not ideology as archaic types, foolish anti-private property living miserably in a rented room to a friend and who deny use geoposicional tracker cell phone they call alms What is the going to ask Google? It may be, there is always good with Judeo-Christian most disadvantaged by the neoliberal weather.

Ernesto on Wed, 22nd Apr 2009 17:37


The question is not whether or not you can do a fork of the products mentioned but if you can do business with that fork. Very few projects go ahead without financial support from behind. MySQL's business was to give the GPL version of the commercial dual form. If Oracle discontinues versiónla GPL someone needs to hold the fork, however, you should find an alternative form of business as necessarily be GPL licensed since the commercial can only use Oracle.

The same goes for OpenOffice. What if Oracle decides it does not pay the binomial StarOffice / OpenOffice and left to the development community free suite? Can go on these projects? Sure, they are free, all you have to remember is to be, where appropriate, will seek alternative ways to get money. See http://go-oo.org

With Java nobody is going to pull your hair out. At a time when Python and PHP are taking more and more strength do not think it take to Java less. Anyway, today Java is free so I see no problem. The non-free components can be problematic, but is a subset of the total. Surely no one is pulled by the hair ..

There are more free programs in the same situation Sun VirtualBox, NetBeans ... Time will tell as with the legacy Sun free.

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