Érti az Oracle, mit is vásárolt?

Open Source has become significant enough - as either threat or opportunity - for Oracle to throw about half a Billion into a buying spree of Open Source companies. Do they understand what they've bought? Two of the acquisitions are designed to discomfit MySQL, but MySQL will have no trouble side-stepping Oracle's maneuvering. And Oracle may soon find: you can't really buy an Open Source project. Open Source leader Bruce Perens presents a strategic analysis of Oracle's purchases and their effect on MySQL:Does Oracle Understand What It's Buying?

( bra | 2006. 02. 18., szo – 10:55 )

"And if MySQL ever falls short, people can always migrate to PostgreSQL, which is under the BSD license."

:-D

kiraly:)

linux-bsd oprendszer hitvita helyett a ket licensz osszehaosnlitasara tenyleg jobb a mysql(gpl)-postgres(bsd)
a postgres sokkal regebbi projekt, (talan az ingress-el van kozos ose is), regebb ota tartalmaz enterspajz featurekat, de valahogy lagymatagabb a fejlesztese, es ceges korokben sokkal kevesbe ismert. lehet, hogy ezek a licensz kulonbseg miatt vannak.