On Sun, 2 Sep 2012, Roger <arelem@bigpond.com> wrote:
On 02/09/12 16:48, James Harper wrote:
So what's the upshot. Is Mysql about to be commercial or be killed?
if either/or then alternatives start to look good?
I thought it was rather odd that they (Oracle) bought mysql to begin with...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysql#Product_history Oracle bought Sun who had previously bought MySQL.
I'd expect a 'leaked' document soon revealing some internal plan to go closed source, then depending on the level of outcry, a confirmation or retraction.
Given the way Oracle are handling many other things I expect that this is yet more evidence to support the theory that you shouldn't attribute to malice anything that can be explained by stupidity.
One scenario may be for Mariadb or other db to pre-empt by providing greater ease of installation. I don't particularly wish to compile code on our server prior to use. Maybe that/whichever db could even use existing tables.
MySQL and Drizzle are in Debian and the others aren't. Getting major distributions to support a program is a significant factor in determining which gets the most users. The fact that MySQL on Debian has traditionally been a lot easier to manage than pretty much any other DB server is a significant factor in it's use IMHO. There are more than a few servers running MySQL right now because it was the easiest option for me. Oracle Linux is not (yet) a major distribution. Given that Oracle have been difficult about security patches I expect that within Debian people will be making things easier to migrate from MySQL to Drizzle and other DB servers. Mariadb is not in Debian/Wheezy. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/