Re: Oracle buys Innobase - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Robert Bernier
Subject Re: Oracle buys Innobase
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Msg-id 200510171522.50047.robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca
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In response to Re: Oracle buys Innobase  (Chris Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>)
Responses Re: Oracle buys Innobase  ("Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>)
Re: Oracle buys Innobase  (Chris Travers <chris@travelamericas.com>)
Re: Oracle buys Innobase  (Thomas Hallgren <thomas.hallgren@home.se>)
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On Monday 17 October 2005 14:17, Chris Browne wrote:
> greg@turnstep.com ("Greg Sabino Mullane") writes:
> >> I think Oracle will buy MySQL too eventually
> >
> > No, MySQL AB is a private company and would probably never
> > sell to Oracle.
>
> A significant portion of it belongs to a sizable set of venture
> capital organizations to whom money talks pretty loudly.
>
> A good offer from Oracle ought to be attractive to them...

Hey, don't forget MySQL AB is a European company. This won't fly like it would in the US, the anti-trust laws are
stricter.

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