It's not just Red Hat/JBoss.
MySQL's Mickos: Open Source in the Enterprise
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| As the CEO of open source database company MySQL AB, Marten Mickos
| has overseen enormous growth in his company. Some even say the plucky
| MySQL is starting to threaten industry heavyweight Oracle, though
| that contest is still very much David and Goliath. At the very least,
| MySQL, as a major building block of the LAMP stack, earns bragging
| rights as the leading open source database.
|
| [...]
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| Last year, MySQL faced a critical competitive challenge. In October
| 2005, Oracle acquired Finnish software company Innobase, makers of the
| InnoDB storage engine. A robust, enterprise-level tool, InnoDB has
| been distributed with MySQL for several years -- and has been a key
| element of MySQL's burgeoning penetration of the enterprise market.
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| Although Oracle stated that it "intends to continue developing the
| InnoDB technology," its purchase of a key MySQL partner sent a shot
| across the bow of the open source database maker.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3644511
What a predatory market we thrive it... Oracle also snatched BerkeleyDB,
which MySQL depends on. Ellison tried to buy MySQL AB (the competition). But
later on...
MySQL AB & NitroSecurity to Jointly Develop Database Storage Engine
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| Under the terms of the agreement, MySQL will integrate
| NitroSecurity's NitroEDB database storage engine with MySQL's
| database server. The resulting solution will be compatible with
| applications utilizing MySQL's current release of its database
| server and will be marketed by both companies.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/News/Application/MySQL_AB__NitroSecurity_to_Jointly_Develop_Database_Storage_Engine
Recently:
Infobright And Open Source DB Vendor MySQL AB Announce Storage Engine
Partnership
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| Infobright and MySQL AB have signed a partnership agreement as part
| of the MySQL Certified Storage Engine Program. Infobright has
| completed the technical integration of MySQL with its innovative
| BrightHouse database engine.
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http://in.sys-con.com/read/298818_p.htm
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