[Rumour?] Oracle to Create Own Version of MySQL
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| This is the third notable attempt from Oracle to aquire a piece of
| the small and agile database market. The first was a purchase attempt
| that apparently was abandoned. The second strike came with the
| purchase of the company which owns the patents to Innodb. Innodb
| is a database engine used in MySQL that is becoming increasingly
| popular.
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http://www.hiveminds.co.uk/node/3227
Intel rumoured to buy AMD's wafer supplier
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| This company is one of the world's largest SOI wafer suppliers and
| a key partner of AMD - Chimpzilla buys almost all of its wafers
| from this shop.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39389
As shown below, the companies concentrate on hurting the competition (supply
chain) rather than improving their own products.
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
One Laptop Per Child - Production Delays Caused By Microsoft, Intel?
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| I sincerely hope that no matter what the people who are running the
| OLPC project decide, that their project will continue and not get
| bogged down in a play of corporate greed and ambitions.
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http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/2007/04/28/one-laptop-per-child-production-delays-caused-by-microsoft-intel/
Merrill: Intel's More Interested In Crushing AMD Than Improving Margins
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| They think that Intel is a lot more interested in reducing AMD to
| its former status than in showing much gross margin improvementt
| his year.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070309/29149_id.html?.v=1
Then, there's also the Microsoft/Novell deal. Crush the competition...
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