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From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: Oracle tried to buy MySQL
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In response to Oracle tried to buy MySQL  (Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
Responses Re: Oracle tried to buy MySQL  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Re: Oracle tried to buy MySQL  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> http://news.com.com/Oracle+tried+to+buy+open-source+MySQL/2100-7344_3-6040197.html?tag=nefd.lede
>
>

This probably means that the just bought Sleepycat and Innobase in an
attempt to scare MySQL into a lower price.

This also means that Oracle could also try to hurt PostgreSQL in a
similar way (i.e. hiring all developers).

However, since PostgreSQL developers aren't centralized, that would
leave Oracle with a problem. Anyone in the world who wanted a job at
Oracle could just hack some PostgreSQL code for a couple months :)

Regards,
    Jeff Davis

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