Re: Oracle buys Innobase

Chris Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>

From: Chris Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>
To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-10-17T18:17:11Z
Lists: pgsql-general
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...
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