MySQL takeover

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Thursday, January 17. 2008

Posted by Filip Van Raemdonck in buzz

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MySQL takeover

So Sun has snapped up MySQL. Thinking about the express editions of their SQL database offerings Microsoft, IBM and Oracle released a few years back, to compete with MySQL, I wonder how nervous this news makes them.

I also wonder whether Sun would start offering a default MySQL installation option on their servers. This could make for some more nervosity. Especially if they do it also for their Windows servers...

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John, don't get too excited. I hate to disappoint you, but I got #1 for “mysql takeover” on the very day I wrote about it. I also seem to be #1 for “CEST software”, simply because these are appearing next to each other whenever I post something about sof
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