Oracle buys MySQL shocker
Submitted by srlinuxx on Mon, 04/20/2009 - 14:45
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Foolish analysis of Linux lovers ? Server is not desktop ?
Oracle is enterprise apps and data centers, but servers mostly on intranet. Linux used are RHELv4.0, which Oracle service themselves not RedHat. Most of Oracle is supported by Solaris, so much that Schwartz is often the keynote speaker at Oracle gatherings.
Desktops are internet cloud computing; Oracle will depend on others such as Pc manufacturers, not Java(sunMicro). Mysql is database for websites on the internet.
Open source is not usable in the Oracle world. Oracle is tightly coded with a minimum of operating system instructions, for fear of bugs generated by or in hardware or software. Oracle software data is distributed by grids then synchronized. RHELv4.0 is kernel 2.4.22. Solaris is unix SYSV commands.
So, open source is not welcomed at Oracle. Oracle is after SAP and object technology to advance their market share.