Comments on: Five Questions Facing Sun’s MySQL Acquisition http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/ What's Next In the IT Channel Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:41:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: 7a9ccbec589c http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-65007 7a9ccbec589c Fri, 09 May 2008 09:57:09 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/#comment-65007 <strong>7a9ccbec589c...</strong> 7a9ccbec589c9f72efda... 7a9ccbec589c…

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]]> By: dbman http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-59113 dbman Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:49:04 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/#comment-59113 I'm a big fan and user of mysql. It saddens me that SUN is taking control because their past record when dealing with the open source model has been too unpredictable. Their own flavor of Linux which fell flat on it's butt. Their on again off again freeware x86 Solaris OS. I think Mysql will slowly fade away from neglect and Postgress will fill the void. I’m a big fan and user of mysql. It saddens me that SUN is taking control because their past record when dealing with the open source model has been too unpredictable. Their own flavor of Linux which fell flat on it’s butt. Their on again off again freeware x86 Solaris OS.
I think Mysql will slowly fade away from neglect and Postgress will fill the void.

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]]> By: howlingmadhowie http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-59096 howlingmadhowie Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:57:07 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/#comment-59096 MySQL is a good product, but not world class for certain tasks. It will be interesting to see what can be done here to make it even better. the way i see it, sun has just bought a large amount of mindshare. MySQL is installed on 80%+ of web-server packages for small businesses in europe. if they can get the mysql logo to include the sun logo somewhere, sun will be back in the public consciousness (which is where sun needs to be). apple has done this by buying screentime. sun will do this by buying products. i know which one i think is the better business model. MySQL is a good product, but not world class for certain tasks. It will be interesting to see what can be done here to make it even better.

the way i see it, sun has just bought a large amount of mindshare. MySQL is installed on 80%+ of web-server packages for small businesses in europe. if they can get the mysql logo to include the sun logo somewhere, sun will be back in the public consciousness (which is where sun needs to be). apple has done this by buying screentime. sun will do this by buying products. i know which one i think is the better business model.

]]> By: Paul Cochei http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-59095 Paul Cochei Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:11:15 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/#comment-59095 Very small price to pay for a world-class leading DBMS, by the way Very small price to pay for a world-class leading DBMS, by the way

]]> By: Paul Cochei http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-59094 Paul Cochei Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:10:03 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/#comment-59094 After seeing how hasty MySQL was these last years (developing features like table partitioning, database clustering, foreign keys, triggers, stored procedures etc.), i have the feeling they really just targeted this sell. I also have doubts about the scalability of these features, in comparison with PostgreSQL, for example. By developing these features, they also forced PostgreSQL to speed up their developement (each minor version in 8 series has big improvements) so I think PgSQL is really ready to replace MySQL in LAMP configurations. So, look forward to LAPP as standard configuration in the years to come. After seeing how hasty MySQL was these last years (developing features like table partitioning, database clustering, foreign keys, triggers, stored procedures etc.), i have the feeling they really just targeted this sell.
I also have doubts about the scalability of these features, in comparison with PostgreSQL, for example.
By developing these features, they also forced PostgreSQL to speed up their developement (each minor version in 8 series has big improvements) so I think PgSQL is really ready to replace MySQL in LAMP configurations.

So, look forward to LAPP as standard configuration in the years to come.

]]> By: fransr http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-59093 fransr Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:26:43 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/#comment-59093 Excellent move by Sun. The entrance of a technical capable and recently open minded supplier in the Enterprise Application environment is of great value for the IT world. The bussiness user-community will ultimately benefit from this through the hopefully? creation of simpler way of doing bussiness. Excellent move by Sun. The entrance of a technical capable and recently open minded supplier in the Enterprise Application environment is of great value for the IT world. The bussiness user-community will ultimately benefit from this through the hopefully? creation of simpler way of doing bussiness.

]]> By: Bob Warfield http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-59090 Bob Warfield Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:46:54 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/#comment-59090 Brilliant move by Sun. The juxtaposition against Oracle's BEA acquisition is particularly unfortunate for Oracle. This changes the landscape quite a lot. More on my blog: http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/mysql-and-bea-oracle-and-sun-will-be-at-each-others-throats/ Best, BW Brilliant move by Sun. The juxtaposition against Oracle’s BEA acquisition is particularly unfortunate for Oracle. This changes the landscape quite a lot.

More on my blog:

http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/mysql-and-bea-oracle-and-sun-will-be-at-each-others-throats/

Best,

BW

]]> By: MySQL and BEA: Oracle and Sun Will Be At Each Other’s Throats! « SmoothSpan Blog http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-59089 MySQL and BEA: Oracle and Sun Will Be At Each Other’s Throats! « SmoothSpan Blog Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:46:43 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/#comment-59089 [...] VARGuy says the acquisition means Sun finally matters again.  $1B is cheap to “finally matter again!” [...] [...] VARGuy says the acquisition means Sun finally matters again.  $1B is cheap to “finally matter again!” [...]

]]> By: Martin Joseph Brej http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-59088 Martin Joseph Brej Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:41:30 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/01/16/five-challenges-facing-suns-mysql-acquisition/#comment-59088 Re.your questions #2 above: "The question becomes: Will the database (MySQL) or operating system (Red Hat Linux) sit in the middle of the open source universe?" Aren't you missing the application server--e.g. JBoss--as a possible locus around which the open source software arena will coalesce? Re.your questions #2 above: “The question becomes: Will the database (MySQL) or operating system (Red Hat Linux) sit in the middle of the open source universe?”

Aren’t you missing the application server–e.g. JBoss–as a possible locus around which the open source software arena will coalesce?

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