Thread: Re: [GENERAL] Oracle buys Innobase
On 10/8/05, Thomas F. O'Connell <tfo@sitening.com> wrote: > > All of which seems to beg the question: why did not MySQL buy > Innobase themselves? As far as I've read, the terms of the > transaction were not disclosed. I guess it's possible that MySQL > didn't have the financial reach to pull off the deal. Well, if I was Oracle and had a sneaky idea, I would *first* get Innobase Oy under NDA, and *then* start acquisition talks... Oracle has done enough business over the years to know that a bidding war would have put them in a horrible position, possibly an unrecoverable one. The somewhat muted reaction from MySQL leaves me the impression that they were blindsided. OTOH, this news doesn't exactly make MySQL look good, so it is also natural for them to downplay the situation. Maybe they have had contingency plans all along and just haven't progressed enough with them to make any formal announcements. -- Mitch, waiting for the movie, liking the idea of Danny DeVito playing Larry Ellison
On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 10:24:29PM -0400, Mitch Pirtle wrote: > -- Mitch, waiting for the movie, liking the idea of Danny DeVito > playing Larry Ellison So Frank Vincent is playing Monty? ;) Cheers, D -- David Fetter david@fetter.org http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 510 893 6100 mobile: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote!
On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 10:24:29PM -0400, Mitch Pirtle wrote: > On 10/8/05, Thomas F. O'Connell <tfo@sitening.com> wrote: > > > > All of which seems to beg the question: why did not MySQL buy > > Innobase themselves? As far as I've read, the terms of the > > transaction were not disclosed. I guess it's possible that MySQL > > didn't have the financial reach to pull off the deal. > > Well, if I was Oracle and had a sneaky idea, I would *first* get > Innobase Oy under NDA, and *then* start acquisition talks... > > Oracle has done enough business over the years to know that a bidding > war would have put them in a horrible position, possibly an > unrecoverable one. The somewhat muted reaction from MySQL leaves me > the impression that they were blindsided. How would a bidding war put them in a horrible position? Whatever they paid for Innobase is pocket-change. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that Larry paid more for his jet than he/Oracle paid for Innobase. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461