Re: Oracle buys Innobase

Greg Sabino Mullane <greg@turnstep.com>

From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com>
To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-10-17T12:32:24Z
Lists: pgsql-general
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> I think Oracle will buy MySQL too eventually

No, MySQL AB is a private company and would probably never
sell to Oracle.

> They started with InnoDB because that is likely to lower the
> price tag of MySQL

You seem to misunderstand the power and wealth of Oracle. The cost of
buying MySQL AB would be insignificant to them.

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