You might probably want to read this too.. just came across this link:- http://stuff.techwhack.com/9840-oracle-high-mysql-pricing <http://stuff.techwhack.com/9840-oracle-high-mysql-pricing>and this:- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/08/oracle_jacking_up_mysql_prices/
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Michele Comitini < [email protected]> wrote: > I feel positive. Oracle's behavior reminds me of the Caldera/SCO > affair some years ago. Please look where SCO is today. > Also remember how good it was when Mozilla foundation took over after > netscape for our browsing experience? > Oracle's business has been "sailing" to a dead end? I bet so, but > that is something we should not care much about. > MySQL will be able to improve a lot when driven by the needs of > developers and not by a single company, > so making a open MySQL fork is the thing to work for. > I expect great things for the future of the office suite, which will > be finally more component oriented and easier to integrate as > a library. > > mic > > 2010/10/11 cjrh <[email protected]>: > > On Oct 11, 4:38 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This all happened in less than 2 months: > > > > Yes, ofc. > > > > OpenSolaris was the first to go. The future of MySQL is looking > > suspicious. OpenOffice has already become "Libre Office" as published > > by the "Document Foundation": > > > > http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/ > > > > The lawsuit of Oracle against Google is for their (Google's) > > implementation of the Dalvik lookalike Java runtime, which apparently > > breaks the conditions of the Java open-source licence. It turns out > > that in order to use the Java open-source licence, one has to > > completely implement the entire Java specification. If only a subset > > is implemented, the open-source licence no longer applies. It is > > insane. It seems Java was never really true open-source to begin > > with, and it sounds like the opportunity to go after Google was one of > > the carrots in the Oracle-Sun takeover to begin with. > > > > Hence the appeal of more straightforward, easy-to-understand licences > > such as the WTF licence: > > > > http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/ > > > > :) >
