[BUGS] [chat] OraSUN MicroDatabases

[Andrew Sinclair]

2009/4/21 Dean Hamstead <dean at fragfest.com.au>:
> Andrew Sinclair wrote:
>>
>> Oracle (-1.3%) will buy Sun Microsystems (+36.8%) for US7.4B, $9.50 per
>> share. SUn rejected IBM (-0.8%) offer of 7B earlier.
>>
> I think you may have forgotten that IBM makes servers and also has a
> database (for better or worse) in the form of DB2.
>
I have not forgotten; though, I have never used their stash. Can't say
that I can know an Oracle database when I see one either.

> My feelings are that MySQL [respectfully capitalised] would be on the chopping block either way.
>
> However there are still suitable alternatives in PostgreSQL [ditto] and firebird.
>
I'll be honest with you; that makes me very happy.

Can't say the same will be true for those who were able to invest in
MySQL, my employer included.

No matter; the original developers of our system have professionally
passed on. I was due to pitch Ingress anyway.