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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe" for MySQL AB?
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Msg-id 19780.1139938711@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe" for MySQL AB?  (merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz))
Responses Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe"  (Steve Wampler <swampler@noao.edu>)
I see this as the end of BDB in MySQL without a doubt.  ("Chad" <chadzakary@hotmail.com>)
Re: Oracle purchases Sleepycat - is this the "other shoe" for MySQL AB?  (Leonard Soetedjo <stelar@gmail.com>)
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merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:
> Oracle purchases Sleepycat.  From what I understand, BerkeleyDB was the
> "other" way that MySQL could have transactions if Oracle decided to
> restrict InnoDB tables (after purchasing Innobase last year).

> Does this mean the other shoe has dropped for MySQL AB?

The deal's not gone through yet, but it sure does look like they want to
put a hammerlock on MySQL ...

            regards, tom lane

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