Re: Oracle buys Innobase

From: felix(at)crowfix(dot)com
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Oracle buys Innobase
Date: 2005-10-09 00:49:21
Message-ID: 20051009004921.GA11158@crowfix.com
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On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 02:11:54PM -0700, felix(at)crowfix(dot)com wrote:
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> What am I missing?

[ many answers ]

Ahhh ... I did not realize they were selling a commercial version with
a dual license. I had thought they were selling support contracts.

I confess I find this weird too. I can't see why someone wouild want
to distribute their own private label version of MySQL, unless they
were making significant changes, and then I can't see why anyone would
want to buy such a version. But I have met many people, not just
corporate types, who think $0 = worthless, and $$ not as good as
$$$$$$, even for the exact same piece of gear.

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