It is no secret that we in the DB2 Express-C team are big fans of Ruby on Rails and we and our DB2 developers have worked hard to make DB2 a great database for Ruby on Rails programmers. JRuby is of particular importance to us as it helps advance the use of Ruby on Rails in the enterprise. With the impending acquisition of SUN by Oracle, the JRuby team felt uncertain about the future of JRuby within Oracle. So, they decided to join the people who really care about Ruby i.e. Engine Yard. Given Engine Yard’s commitment to Ruby on Rails this is a great move for the Ruby community. We wish JRuby and Engine Yard teams the best.
Last week I blogged about uncertain future of MySQL in Oracle’s hands. At that time a number of people pinged me to say that they thought that I was spreading FUD. In their view MySQL under Oracle’s stewardship would live long and propser.
Well, only a week has passed and Oracle is yet to ink the deal to swallow SUN. However, the key players in the MySQL community have already fired a shot across Oracle’s bow letting it know that it will not be directing the future of MySQL. Basically, while Oracle may be purchasing MySQL as part of the SUN acquisition, it will be getting [...]
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