Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL

For those who try to stay away from TC: "it appears that Oracle is making its revision tests and histories closed source" sums up the few paragraph link bait ... :)

Re: Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL

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Post by skymt » Sun, Sep 02, 2012, 4:07 PM UTC

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #4

LibreSQL, where are you? :(

Isn't that what MariaDB is for?

Re: Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL

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Post by luriel » Sun, Sep 02, 2012, 4:12 PM UTC

accarrino wrote: post #2

the line between what Oracle considers open and closed get fuzzier all the time. makes being a developer a pain in the ass.

No, it is easy: avoid anything touched by Oracle like the plague.

Re: Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL

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Post by luriel » Sun, Sep 02, 2012, 4:12 PM UTC

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #4

LibreSQL, where are you? :(

PostgreSQL.

Re: Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL

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Post by Nogwater » Sun, Sep 02, 2012, 4:12 PM UTC

fredsanford wrote: post #3

Time to brush up on Postgres or Firebird. Let Oracle shoot off all their feet.

I don't know anything about Firebird. Is it really a good replacement for MySQL?

Re: Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL

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Post by darklajid » Sun, Sep 02, 2012, 4:16 PM UTC

That's the same company that bundles much needed java security updates with the opt-out option of installing a weird browser toolbar and setting the homepage to a crappy service, right?

Seriously, I never cared about that company as long as it was just selling expensive (but supposedly feature rich?) software to the enterprise, but it seems the alternatives to Oracle's java and MySQL need some more support, market- and mindshare.