[TriLUG] This is not good

[mgmonza]

Oracle buys MySql:


http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/oracle-buys-mysql-java-and-some-other-stuff-now-what/


I just can't see Oracle letting the competition to its 
multi-thousand-dollar per user per site per release per product software 
run around free anymore.


That leaves PostgreSql as the only free SQL database, I believe.  It's 
too bad, because at least one agency here that was a heavy user of 
Oracle and GIS went to MySQL and Minnesota Maps in an effort to save money.


MG