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- JoaoPe, on 01/16/2008, -8/+910WHAT? Didn't they know they could just download it and run without buying it?
- billflu, on 01/16/2008, -8/+612Please, Sun, don't f' it up!
- inactive, on 01/16/2008, -3/+306Thank f*ck they got it before Oracle did. Sun are relatively good guys remember. Oracle is the devils sweaty testicles.
- truspect0r, on 01/16/2008, -43/+210It's ok Sun bought it just don't turn it into a slow turd like Java.
- roosterjm2k2, on 01/16/2008, -1/+145They can F it up all they want.
The latest vesrion of MySQL is GPL. No matter what SUN does later, any previously downloaded mysql is GPL ... so if sun screws it up, someone can just fork it to a new project... - plizard, on 01/16/2008, -7/+124select *
from sun
where status = 'orly'
order by eid asc; - X-Cruciating, on 01/16/2008, -7/+105Considering that MySQL powers some of the largest sites, this might be a nice strategic move to get a foot into the RDBMS game and wag it back to the likes of Oracle and M$. However, I hope they keep it alive and healthy for the open source community. For I cannot imagine LAMP without the strong "M" in it.
- zorrobiwan, on 01/16/2008, -3/+86$1 billion ... damned !
- inactive, on 01/16/2008, -6/+86Thanks for the laugh!
- yule, on 01/16/2008, -4/+73Very true. I hope they can maintain the excellent product that MySQL is. Just use the company to make your products better please :)
- Mageling, on 01/16/2008, -16/+72Why does Sun have any money at all?
- r5a2k3, on 01/16/2008, -0/+55I'm not really sure how to feel about this.
Being a MySQL user for years now and probably the first database I've ever used, I've always liked them being on their own doing their thing. I liked the way the community was, hanging around in the official #mysql was fun and enjoyable and it was just great software, pretty much the best free database software there is and comes with it a load of professionalism.
Although, reading the blog it does look promising, I just hope sun doesn't drop the ball.
Good luck to MySQL / Sun, this should be interesting. - drachemorder, on 01/16/2008, -5/+58*snort* Good one. That'll teach me not to read Digg while drinking coffee. How I'll ever clean this mess out of my keyboard, I really don't know...
- vroom101, on 01/16/2008, -5/+52O.K, who's next? . . . Apache Software Foundation?
- cledet, on 01/16/2008, -3/+50Didn't see that coming.
- PlutoIsApluton, on 01/16/2008, -2/+44Best possible outcome I think. MySQL were going to go public this year - and would have been under huge pressure to become more proprietary. This seems to protect MySQL for at least as long as Jonathan is at the helm of Sun.
- Dhalgren, on 01/16/2008, -0/+41Fork it to OurSQL ;-)
- shockingbird, on 01/16/2008, -3/+44hahaha... I totally needed that morning laugh.
- inactive, on 01/16/2008, -2/+40Please Sun, PLEASE!!! Don't bundle Java on MySQL...
- Phocion55, on 01/16/2008, -1/+39Are we talking about Apple or Sun right now?
- inactive, on 01/16/2008, -12/+49That's $1 billion US, which these days amounts to about 35 cents compared to what it would have been in the 90s.
- positron, on 01/16/2008, -1/+37Fork you SUN!
- weeble, on 01/16/2008, -2/+36Sun will never close the source. Sun is all about open sourcing everything... heck, Sun even open sources some of its hardware. Sun is VERY much an open source driven company.
- yule, on 01/16/2008, -3/+37Also see
http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/winds_of_chang ...
http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-01/sunflash.20 ... - xdvx, on 01/16/2008, -8/+41Oh no, I hope they don't have ideas rewriting mysql on java
- TomFrost, on 01/16/2008, -10/+42Ever use Eclipse? It's the industry standard IDE.. Java, C++, PHP.. more and more languages are integrated every month. It's fast and smooth and extensible as hell.
It's also written in Java.
Just because you've found some bloated programs doesn't mean an innovative language that keeps getting faster and faster and more widely-adopted is a "turd". - cledet, on 01/16/2008, -0/+32They sells hardware and support for their products.
- vikingdiplomat, on 01/16/2008, -4/+35dugg for "is the devil's sweaty testicles." at the very least
- ravkass, on 01/16/2008, -2/+32As long as Sun keep it "open" AND "free" then I dont mind.
But java is open and free so I'm not too worried. - johnsouthworth, on 01/16/2008, -2/+32Why is everyone so worried. The code is STILL open source, and it always will be per the GPL. MySQL isn't going proprietary, SUN can't take away the already existing code. If enough people don't like the direction there will be a fork of the code and MySQL will live on.
- ikickass, on 01/16/2008, -1/+30WOOSH!
- ikickass, on 01/16/2008, -1/+29The blogspam you speak of is the official MySQL blog...
- inigomntoya, on 01/16/2008, -1/+29dishwasher
- lzell, on 01/16/2008, -0/+27I give you props, that was the worst joke I have heard in a while
- acidbass, on 01/16/2008, -1/+27I wouldnt worry, the day that Sun closes source to MySQL is the day we fork the last open source version of MySQL and continue development under a new name.
- coleki, on 01/16/2008, -1/+25eid status response date
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0 orly yarly 16012008 - yule, on 01/16/2008, -3/+26Don't jump to conclusions. We have yet to see what their plans are.
- circuitjump, on 01/16/2008, -1/+24Agreed. don't try to fix what's not broken. Though companies these days tend to ignore that kind of advice but I'm hoping for the best.
- buckrogers1965, on 01/16/2008, -4/+25See all you investors out there.
Open source projects can provide a good return on your money. - ikickass, on 01/16/2008, -0/+21Did you seriously just use the same joke that is the 7th comment on this page?
- dark_helmet, on 01/16/2008, -0/+21Its SQL.
- cledet, on 01/16/2008, -4/+25Agreed. Don't blame the language, blame the programmer(s).
- TheSwashbuckler, on 01/16/2008, -0/+21"What's the purpose?"
Uh, to make money. MySQL was headed for an IPO. Sun decided to buy them instead.
"Did the MySQL people sell out?"
In what sense? Were they after money? OF COURSE THEY WERE!
"Did they really need the capitalization?"
It'll be much easier to take on Oracle as a part of Sun.
" think this is a warning to all 'free' software users - show support by sending money. Otherwise, big companies will buy up the 'free' software companies and probably screw them up."
ROFLMAO!!!
If you send them lots of money then the "big companies" are even more likely to buy them. Big companies like to acquire smaller companies that make money. - drachemorder, on 01/16/2008, -1/+21Sun is fairly decent about supporting open source projects, so this may not be a bad thing. Reserve judgment until we see more evidence.
- maehem, on 01/16/2008, -1/+21Because even though you think Sun has gone out of business, Sun still sells about $12 BILLION worth of hardware and software a year. That's BILLION with a B! Oh, and they seem to be making a profit too! Who would have thought?
- blofeld9999, on 01/16/2008, -4/+23Because you touch yourself at night.
- worldsbestgamer, on 01/16/2008, -4/+23Are you the same person I see posting this all over digg that is supposedly laughing that hard at everything they read that coffee comes flying across the room? I see this comment weekly.
- praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -0/+19Haha...You owe me a new pair of pants. I just laughed so hard I crapped myself.
- bejayel, on 01/16/2008, -1/+19Sun and Google have nothing to do with eachother...They aren't in competition at all. I really dont see how they are going to "clash with eachother". If anything, due to their differing targets, they would be better off collaborating and i wouldent doubt if they do so heavily in the future.
- drlha, on 01/16/2008, -1/+19You really think there are more CouchDB users than MySQL?
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