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> MySQL, an open source database developed by Oracle This makes it sound like Oracle created it, when it fact the reality is the opposite: Oracle fought it, an
by 1024core 5y ago
> MySQL, an open source database developed by Oracle
This makes it sound like Oracle created it, when it fact the reality is the opposite: Oracle fought it, and bought Sun just so they could get their hands on MySQL. How did regulators let that happen is beyond me.
- cat199 5y agosun had plenty of valuable assets in addition to mysql - don't think one can reasonably claim they bought sun just for mysql without inside knowledge
- jahewson 5y agoNo. The most valuable part of sun at the time was arguably the SPARC chip architecture and Solaris which gave Oracle a vertical compute platform to compete with IBM Db2 on POWER running AIX. In our new cloud world this is now quaint and irrelevant but it was a big deal when on-prem was the only way. There was also Java.