MySQL AB Completes Record Year
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| "Open source software adoption has come to an inflection point --
| past the early-adopter 'techie' phase and now reaching mainstream
| corporate use," said Marten Mickos, MySQL AB's Chief Executive Officer.
| "We are readying our company and delivering products to take advantage
| of this market-change. We expect to see increasing interest in open
| source from CEOs and CFOs, as well as from industry partners such
| as Capgemini, Red Hat and Unisys."
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http://opensourceblog.itproportal.com/?p=266
It is not surprising that Ellison is trying to 'choke' Red Hat and MySQL.
Related:
Will Oracle launch Unbreakable MySQL?
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| "They have hinted to us that they will," said Mickos, indicating
| that the database giant is planning to repeat its October 2006
| Unbreakable Linux plan, which saw it undercut Red Hat with
| enterprise Linux support.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/01/will_oracle_lau.html
The real point of Unbreakable Linux: breaking Red Hat
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| As I look at the situation, it becomes ever clearer to me that
| Unbreakable Linux is really not a serious business operating system
| offering. It's simply Oracle's attempt to break Red Hat.
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| While this will certainly put short-term pressure on Red Hat, I doubt
| it will do much more than that. Low prices are all well and good, but
| if Oracle doesn't back it up with service and support, no price will
| be low enough.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6523327817.html
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