Can we get MySQL drivers released under CDDL now, Jonathan?

January 16, 2008 | In Uncategorized | No Comments

Sun buys the Swedish database company MySQL.

I hope they will dual-license MySQL, or at least the drivers, with a more business friendly license like CDDL, Apache License or LGPL.

MySQL AB, as a small company, needed the strict GPL license to have a valid business model. But Sun has a totally different focus in their Open Source offerings.

Bloomberg: “BEA is the only vendor that can handle millions of transactions”

January 16, 2008 | In Uncategorized | No Comments

Some analyst from Cross Research commented on Oracle buying BEA on Bloomberg TV today: “BEA is the only application server that can handle millions of transactions without problem. This will strengthen Oracle in the middleware segment.”

I wonder what IBM, Sun and JBoss have to say about that analysis… When I hear stupid, shallow commentary like this on a subject where I have some knowledge, I always think about the validity of comments on other subjects. Do journalists ever know what they are talking about?

It is like watching Independence Day and laugh about the aliens using a RS-232 serial port in their ship so that Jeff Goldbloom could upload the virus. Yeah, right.

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