Oracle Fights Back as EU Tries to Tilt Database Market Playing Field [View article]
If Oracle drops MySQL, I am pretty sure another company will pop up to support MySQL. The source code of MySQL is after all public.
On Nov 10 04:00 PM dw57 wrote:
> The transaction does not threaten to reduce competition in the slightest, > including in the database market. > > not really sure thats true. if Oracle were to drop MYSQL it would > reduce competition. and they both run on the same platforms don't > they? while bad produces reduce the amount of competition its not > quite so drastic as a competitor dropping out all together > > > "Approve this or Oracle is out of Europe. Who needs your dying statist > economy anyways?" > > I suspect the last argument would only get them kicked out of Europe. > one of the 7 largest economies on the planet.
Oracle Fights Back as EU Tries to Tilt Database Market Playing Field [View article]
On Nov 10 04:00 PM dw57 wrote:
> The transaction does not threaten to reduce competition in the slightest,
> including in the database market.
>
> not really sure thats true. if Oracle were to drop MYSQL it would
> reduce competition. and they both run on the same platforms don't
> they? while bad produces reduce the amount of competition its not
> quite so drastic as a competitor dropping out all together
>
>
> "Approve this or Oracle is out of Europe. Who needs your dying statist
> economy anyways?"
>
> I suspect the last argument would only get them kicked out of Europe.
> one of the 7 largest economies on the planet.