http://freedb2.com/2009/09/22/ellison-oracle-does-not-compete-with-mysql-mysql-disagrees/ ... on DB2 Express-C and other free databases Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:23:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://freedb2.com/2009/09/22/ellison-oracle-does-not-compete-with-mysql-mysql-disagrees/comment-page-1/#comment-4927 Leon Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:56:04 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=865#comment-4927 What I am saying is that Larry will say whatever is needed to close the deal. Every day the deal is not closed SUN hemorrhages millions of $s and if this drags on much longer there will not be much left for Larry to inherit for his money. Saying that MySQL does not compete with oracle is complete bull. It may not compete in some segments and both go after the same $ in many accounts. That is called competition. MySQL may not win as much as Oracle but it does not mean they don't compete. Providing what oracle provides for less money has been their strategy from day one and that is spelled out in plain English on their website. As for my opinion on whether EU should or should not approve the deal I expressed it in one of my earlier posts on the topic http://freedb2.com/2009/05/15/mysql-escapes-oracles-grasp/. I think EU should approve because it does not matter. MySQL has already left Oracle's grasp and I don't think it makes any difference how the deal is concluded. What I am saying is that Larry will say whatever is needed to close the deal. Every day the deal is not closed SUN hemorrhages millions of $s and if this drags on much longer there will not be much left for Larry to inherit for his money. Saying that MySQL does not compete with oracle is complete bull. It may not compete in some segments and both go after the same $ in many accounts. That is called competition. MySQL may not win as much as Oracle but it does not mean they don’t compete. Providing what oracle provides for less money has been their strategy from day one and that is spelled out in plain English on their website.
As for my opinion on whether EU should or should not approve the deal I expressed it in one of my earlier posts on the topic http://freedb2.com/2009/05/15/mysql-escapes-oracles-grasp/. I think EU should approve because it does not matter. MySQL has already left Oracle’s grasp and I don’t think it makes any difference how the deal is concluded.

]]> http://freedb2.com/2009/09/22/ellison-oracle-does-not-compete-with-mysql-mysql-disagrees/comment-page-1/#comment-4913 Jeff Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:53:24 +0000 http://freedb2.com/?p=865#comment-4913 So what you're saying is that the EC should base their decision on what a company posts on their website? MySQL has a fraction of the the database market share. That's like saying someone on the boxing featherweight class competes with a boxer in the heavyweight class. Lary's right...and you are grasping at straws just like the EC is. Their "real" agenda is to hurt Oracle, which helps SAP. So what you’re saying is that the EC should base their decision on what a company posts on their website? MySQL has a fraction of the the database market share. That’s like saying someone on the boxing featherweight class competes with a boxer in the heavyweight class. Lary’s right…and you are grasping at straws just like the EC is. Their “real” agenda is to hurt Oracle, which helps SAP.

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