Re: Oracle buys Innobase

Robert Bernier <robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca>

From: Robert Bernier <robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca>
To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-10-17T19:22:49Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On Monday 17 October 2005 14:17, Chris Browne wrote:
> greg@turnstep.com ("Greg Sabino Mullane") writes:
> >> I think Oracle will buy MySQL too eventually
> >
> > No, MySQL AB is a private company and would probably never
> > sell to Oracle.
>
> A significant portion of it belongs to a sizable set of venture
> capital organizations to whom money talks pretty loudly.
>
> A good offer from Oracle ought to be attractive to them...

Hey, don't forget MySQL AB is a European company. This won't fly like it would in the US, the anti-trust laws are stricter.