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What... no. To believe that MySQL was Sun downfall is extremely ignorant. Mysql was not even Sun's largest project. Further mysql is still extremely popular
by syshum 10y ago
What... no.
To believe that MySQL was Sun downfall is extremely ignorant. Mysql was not even Sun's largest project.
Further mysql is still extremely popular where mariadb is less so.
- gaius 10y agoIt was symptomatic of their lack of financial control thats for sure. It doesn't matter how popular it is, if you are going to spend $1bn of your shareholders money on it, it needs to generate the revenue - and Sun never figured it out.
- syshum 10y agoIt did not have enough time to become profitable. Sun bought Mysql in 2008, they were looking to sell to IBM in late 2008/early 2009, and by April 2009 had a tentative deal with Oracle...