Josh Berkus wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> > Could Oracle modify PHP and JBoss so they work poorly with open source
> > databases?
>
> Sure. However, their communities can also fork them. That's unlikely with
> JBoss which is corporate, but PHP is pretty close to forking already. If
> Zend+Oracle tries to lock out MySQL from PHP, you'll see a fork real fast.
OK, more realistic question. What if Oracle creates something like
AJAX, which works with PHP/JBoss, and Oracle, but not with other
databases because those other databases don't have the hooks? They are
not removing functionality, but adding Oracle-specific stuff.
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