Re: PostgreSQL 8.1 vs. MySQL 5.0?

In this thread, no one has mentioned their dual license, which I think of
as more duplicitous than dual. Neither free as in freedom nor free as in
beer, really.

pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote on 10/07/2005 12:45:39 PM:

> On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 23:00 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > So, yeah, the above claim is just FUD. It'd be interesting to ask some
> > hard questions about exactly how solid MySQL AB's finances are ... and
> > how many other support options users will have if they go under.
>
> A possibly more likely and scary option for their users is that MySQL
> would just get bought out. I'm sure support wouldn't cost much per CPU
> per server per year, at least at first...
>
> IBM have previously bought Informix (who bought Illustra, RedBrick,
> Cloudscape) and Oracle have previously bought DEC RDB, so both have
> track record of successful competitor take-overs. None of those take-
> overs has led to a product actually surviving. Oracle have spent time
> running down Siebel, only to completely U-turn and buy them. Of course,
> Sybase and CA might get in there first, both of whom also have
> successful take-overs of RDBMS companies under their belts.
>
> Oracle's licence sales just flat-lined in their last quarter, share
> price down 4%. Their strategy is clearly one of enterprise application
> dominance now.
>
> But no, Mark, I'm not worried by the FUD. It just means there's nothing
> real for them to throw at PostgreSQL.
>
> Best Regards, Simon Riggs
>
>
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