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What with MySQL?

By Mike Reys on April 20, 2009 3:52 PM

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What I heard a lot today on Twitter was: What about MySQL?

From the FAQ available at the acquisition page:

MySQL will be an addition to existing suite of database products, which already includes Oracle Database 11g, TimesTen, Berkely open source database and the open source transactional storage engine, InnoDB.

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Gary:
Any idea about the strategic intent for MySQL i.e. why would Oracle want MySQL (the FAQ mentions that MySQL will be an addition to 'existing database products' however does Oracle need/want MySQL in addition to the various other database products)?

Posted by Gary | April 27, 2009 3:30 AM

Posted on April 27, 2009 03:30

Mike Reys:
Euhm, to be fair: no. There's still no strategic outline for MySQL and I'm sure it will be published as soon as the deal is finished. Personally, I don't think that every single product's strategic outline has been defined yet in this short timeframe. One thing that ìs sure, is that the source code is out there and is GPL. (Special exception for non-GPL applications to use the MySQL (GPL) client libraries, as long as the app is also open source.)

Posted by Mike Reys | April 27, 2009 7:16 AM

Posted on April 27, 2009 07:16

Marty Mitchell:
With the acquisition of Sun Microsystem and (by default) MySQL, how will the licensing change for MySQL products? Will there be limitation set on the MySQL product, for example, the amount of data that can be stored (aka MySQL Express - 4gb limit), or will it remain open to the community for distribution with other community developed or corporate developed software?

Posted by Marty Mitchell | July 1, 2009 3:41 PM

Posted on July 1, 2009 15:41

Mike Reys:
@Marty as you will have noticed, Oracle hasn't completed the acquisition yet. Although some people in Oracle have ideas about what should be done with Sun's products when the acquisition completes, it'd be stupid and illegal to make statements about future direction of Sun products. In due time, Oracle will release information on the future of MySQL products like MySQL Express.

Posted by Mike Reys | July 2, 2009 7:26 AM

Posted on July 2, 2009 07:26

Marty Mitchell:
Any new news pertaining to MySQL, I noticed the "http://www.mysql.com/" url has been shut down, why?

Posted by Marty Mitchell | July 22, 2009 2:12 PM

Posted on July 22, 2009 14:12

Mike Reys:
And if you look on the website mentioned above, you will still see that no information is available. As far as proceedings go: Sun shareholders have approved the acquistion, I believe. So now the SEC en EC need to approve the acquisition and then Oracle can complete the acquisition and communicate the plans. As for the mysql.com website, as long as acquisition hasn't finished yet, you'll have address your question to a Sun person.

Posted by Mike Reys | July 22, 2009 3:31 PM

Posted on July 22, 2009 15:31

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