Sun to buy MySql - Is this good news?

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Sun to buy MySql - Is this good news?

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http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/sun-to-acquire-mysql.html

I'm not much of a MySql user but I certainly appreciate the popularity of the lightweight open source database.

Will Sun acquiring it kill it? Will Sun acquiring it help? How?

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Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:28 AM | Back to top

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# re: Sun to buy MySql - Is this good news?

Sun wants to be buddies with the open-source crowd. Kind of like Apple wants the hipster crowd. Get those with political-like-passion on your side and you can go far.

Left by Ken on Jan 26, 2008 2:40 PM

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