[TriLUG] This is not good

[Shawn Hartsock]

What would the rules of a fork like that be? Could they still call it
MySQL? In other words do we still get to call it the LAMP stack when
MySQL goes away? Do we fork MySQL and give it an 'M' name like
MackerelQL?

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Neil L. Little
<nllittle at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> I thought that I read that the open source MySQL forked when it was bought
> by Sun.
>
> 73,
> Neil, WA4AZL
>
>
> Christopher L Merrill wrote:
>>
>> mgmonza wrote:
>>>
>>> That leaves PostgreSql as the only free SQL database, I believe. It's
>>
>> Ignoring the plethora of free databases, don't ya think you're jumping
>> the gun a little?
>>
>> First, it's open-source...and thus not easy to kill. Worst case, no more
>> funding for development - which means the community will have to continue
>> development.
>>
>> Second, Oracle didn't buy MySql, they bought Sun - MySql is along for the
>> ride. Oracle wanted hardware, Solaris and Java. I wouldn't be surprised
>> if they put MySql up for sale.
>>
>>
>>
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